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9:30 – 11:30

First Session: Political and Social Change

Chairperson: Dr. Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv University)

Greetings: Dr. Lars Hänsel (Director, Israel office, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

Prof. Eyal Zisser (Director of the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University)

• “Stand tall generation” Youngsters bow their heads: The social and mental encounter with the Israeli society

  Dr. Khawla Abu Baker (The Max Stern Emek Yzrael Academic College)

• Arab youth in Israel: Caught in the turbulence of social and cultural change

  Dr. Khaled Abu Asbeh (Massar Institute for Research, Planning and Social Consulting)

• The national and political worldview of Arab youth in Israel

  Dr. Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv University)

11:30 – 13:30

Second Session: Education, Dropout and Employment

Chairperson: Mr. Nabeh Abu Saleh (The Follow-up Committee on Arab Education)

• Dilemmas and challenges of civic education in Arab schools

  Dr. Ayman Agbaria (University of Haifa and Beit Berl College)

• Arab-Jewish youth encounters: Impact over time

  Mr. Lee Perlman (The Abraham Fund Initiatives)

• Overt and covert dropout from the Arab educational system

  Ms. Amira Karakra-Ibrahim (Massar Institute for Research, Planning and Social Consulting)

• Arab youth employment in the labor market

  Mr. Beni Fefferman (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor)

14:30 – 16:00

Third Session: Family and Leisure Time

Opening remarks: Mr. Ghaleb Majadele (Minister of Science, Culture and Sport)

Chairperson: Prof. Jack Haviv (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)

• Family relations between Arab youth and their parents

  Ms. Paula Kahan-Strawczynski (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)

• Leisure activities and informal education

  Ms. Miriam Cohen-Navot (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)

• Distress and challenges in the daily life of Arab youth

  Ms. Talal Dolev (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)

Fourth session: Crime and Violence

Chairperson: Prof. Aryeh Rattner (University of Haifa)

• Exposure of Jewish and Arab youth to community violence

  Dr. Beck Leshen (Achva College and Hebrew University) and Prof. Muhammad Haj-Yahia (Hebrew University)

• An ecological view of student violence in Arab schools

  Dr. Mona Khoury-Kassabri (Hebrew University)

• Arab school students' consumption of psychoactive substances

  Prof. Faisal Azaiza (University of Haifa)

Simultaneous Hebrew-English translation will be available