Shades of Sulh : The Rhetorics of Arab-Islamic Reconciliation

Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking process. In Shades of Sulh? , Rasha Diab explores the possibilities of the rhetoric of sulh? , as it is used to resolve intrapersonal, interpersonal, communal, national, and international conflicts, and provides cases that illustrate each of these domains. Diab demonstrates the adaptability and range of sulh?.? as a ritual and practice that travels across spheres of activity (juridical, extra-juridical, political, diplomatic), through time (medieval, modern, contemporary), and over geopolitical borders (Cairo, Galilee, and Medina). Together, the cases prove the flexibility of sulh?.? in the discourse of peacemaking-and that sulh?.? has remarkable rhetorical longevity, versatility, and richness. Shades of Sulh sheds new light on rhetorics of reconciliation, human rights discourse, and Arab-Islamic rhetorics.