Beschreibung:
In the last five to ten years, pressure for political liberalisation, and the growth of civil society and independent media, inside Arab countries have prompted the debate about violent events in the postcolonial period. This book features studies of six Arab countries in which legacies of political violence have been challenged through various initiatives to promote "truth-telling" and transitional justice.
1. Introduction: Outlines of a New Politics of Memory in the Middle East Sune Haugbolle and Anders Hastrup 2. 1948 After Oslo: Truth and Reconciliation in Palestinian Discourse Tom Hill 3. The Syndrome of One-Time Exceptions and the Drive to Establish the Proposed Hariri Court Muhamad Mugraby 4. Violating Darfur: The Emergent Truth of Categories Anders Hastrup 5. National Reconciliation and General Amnesty in Algeria George Joffe 6. Morocco: From Mobilizations to Reconciliation? Frederic Vairel 7. Reconciliation Dilemmas in Post-Ba'athist Iraq: Truth Commissions, Media and Ethno-sectarian Conflicts Ibrahim Al-Marashi and Aysegul Keskin 8. Imprisonment, Truth Telling and Historical Memory in Syria Sune Haugbolle