Rasha Diab is assistant professor of rhetoric and writing and affiliate in the departments of English and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
A rich, important, and fascinating study. Troubling programmatic
accounts of conflict resolution and challenging traditional
approaches to the study of Arab and Arab-Islamic discourse, Diab
offers a groundbreaking investigation into the initiation,
performance, and stakes of sulh. She sheds crucial light on the
deep and complex relationship between peacemaking, transitional
justice, and reconciliation. Her work deserves close consideration
by scholars of rhetoric, politics, Islamic studies, law,
anthropology, and human rights.-- "Erik Doxtader, University of
South Carolina and Institute for Justice and Reconciliation"
Rasha Diab undertakes a major comparative project, one that travels
through centuries and across cultures to engage questions of
violence and peace, justice and reconciliation, and the ways in
which communities maintain shared values. In doing so, she
judiciously undertakes the construction of significant, new
rhetorical relationships.-- "Arabella Lyon, Rhetoric & Public
Affairs"
This in-depth examination of sulh rhetoric is much needed and makes
an essential contribution to the study of sulh as an indigenous and
homegrown peacemaking tool. Rooted in Arab and Islamic cultural and
religious sources, sulh indeed can be seen as 'the gift of
possibility' for many of our current challenges in responding to
conflicts.-- "Mohammed Abu-Nimer, American University,
International Peace and Conflict Resolution"
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