(En)gendering de-development in East Jerusalem: Thinking through the 'everyday'

We met Manal¹ following the death of her 52-year-old husband, while conducting our study on death and birth in Jerusalem. Manal is an articulate 47-year-old woman, the mother of five girls and a son, an educator who worked for years as a school teacher. Only four years ago, she lost her job due to financial hardships in her workplace. Here is her story.