February 27, 2012
by Alysha Bedig
As an agnostic raised just east of Berkeley, California, America’s liberal nerve center, it was always difficult for me to view the niqab — an Islamic garment covering all but the eyes — as anything other than an article of oppression. An interpretation of religion that prescribes the visual erasure of women from the public [...]
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January 31, 2012
by Alex de Waal, Jens Meierhenrich, and Bridget Conley-Zilkic
By returning to the historical record of how mass atrocities end, this essay examines three crucial narrative frameworks that inform today’s agenda of “protection of civilians” in conflict. The evidentiary record of actual cases of mass atrocity demonstrates a broad range of forces—local, national, and regional—that contribute to ending atrocities. Based on comparative evidence, the authors provide a counter narrative to how mass atrocities end and the dominant civilian protection agenda.
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