Tag: Israel
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Continue Reading: Egypt and the Impulse to Intervene
Tahrir Square As it happens, I just finished the classroom portion of a course in conflict analysis for the graduate Dispute Resolution degree program at Southern Methodist University. The class used the generic “Israel/Palestine” conflict as the basis for the exercise in conflict analysis, partly because it offers such a rich and diverse set of…
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Continue Reading: Israel and the Occupied Territory of Palestine
In July of 2013, SMU will offer a revised version of the Israel/Palestine study abroad course. This time, instead of looking at trauma and long term conflict, the class will focus on community disputes and “social” disputes at the Track II and local levels on both sides of the border. The class will meet from…
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Continue Reading: Yoga in Conflict Zones
The Washington Post recently carried an article about yoga teachers from the Washington, DC, area working with groups in the Occupied Territory of Palestine to reduce the pervasive stress of living in a long-term conflict environment. (The article, “DC Teachers Offer Yoga to Combat the Stresses of Conflict-Ridden Ramallah,” can be found at Yoga.) My…
