..". constitutes an important and much needed intervention on
the themes of memory and violence in Middle East studies." Lisa
Hajjar, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Middle East and North Africa form a region united by a
common history of armed conflict and repeated international efforts
at producing a lasting peace. This interdisciplinary collection
explores the connections between memories of past violence and the
violence of present memories, the context for all contemporary
efforts at conflict resolution and reconciliation. The contributors
examine the 1954 1962 Franco-Algerian war, the 1975 1991 Lebanese
civil war, and the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict as interconnected
struggles that outline national polities, infranational fractures,
and transnational political connections. Insofar as national unity
has been constructed on the contested claims of sacrifice and
martyrdom, the legacy of violence has remained inscribed at the
heart of political identity. The case studies point to the failure
of current attempts to officially forget past conflicts, at the
same time indicating local successes in commemorative actions that
forge at least partial peaces between individuals and groups."
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