Completed IFI-Funded Research
A Generation on the Move: Insights into the Conditions, Aspirations and Activism of Arab YouthIssam Fares Institute, AUB, with the support of UNICEF MENARO
Understanding the state of mind of the activist young men and women throughout the region provides a window into the challenges Arab societies are facing today, and into the recent revolts that are driving the national social and political transformations in the Arab world. With the aim to identify and better understand key elements of young Arabs' perspectives on themselves and their place in society, in 2009 the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut initiated a two-year partnership to produce an updated and forward looking situation analysis on youth in the Middle East and Northern Africa region with the support of the UNICEF Middle East & North Africa Regional Office.
Youth under Occupation: Palestinian Youth in East JerusalemEileen Kuttab, Director of the Institute of Women's Studies,
Birzeit UniversityDiversity and cultural identity among youth in AmmanSamar Dudin, Founding Executive Director of
Takween and Yazan Doughan,
University of ChicagoIdentities and values of youths in the Arab regionCharles Harb, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, AUB
Media consumption and production among MENA youthJad Melki, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Media Studies, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, AUB
Validation of the concept and measurement of youth developmental assets in LebanonRima Afifi, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB
On-going IFI-Funded Research
Development and expression of sexuality in the Arab worldBrigitte Khoury, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AUB Medical Center (AUBMC)
Upper-class Lebanese birthday parties as rites of virtual passageKirsten Scheid, Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, AUB