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Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza Strip December 28, 2008.

‘Next time we will win!’: Gaza’s cycles of violence

28 Jul 2014

In this article – originally published on CRIAViews, the blog of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs – Lucy Thirkell explores some of the...

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‘Solidarity Wall’

‘Picture This #8′ – ‘Solidarity Wall’, Department of Architecture.

12 Oct 2011

This area was the scene of a major conflict between the British Army and the IRA in 1970. Subsequently, the neighbourhood saw some of the worst...

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Coexistences.

Intertwined Worlds

09 Sep 2011

A conference which aims to establish wider recognition for a "Judaeo-Islamic tradition"; the shared, cultural past common to Muslims, Arabs and Jews...

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Ben Ezra Synagogue

Treasures of the genizah

01 Sep 2009

How did an Egyptian storeroom come to hold a thousand years worth of manuscript fragments and why are they one of the greatest literary treasures...

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Barrier from Isawiyya village into Jerusalem

Conflict in cities

01 Sep 2007

Conflict is inherent to the urban condition, yet only in some cities do contention and dissent erupt to unacceptable and destructive levels. How do...

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