Editorial

Seeking Sanctuary: The "Church" vs. "Mosque" Dispute in Nazareth
Graham Usher

Regimes of (Un)Truth: Conspiracy Theory and the Transnationalization of the Algerian Civil War
Paul A. Silverstein

Bethlehem Dispatch
Maad Abu Ghazalah

Gaza Dispatch
Hadani Ditmars

"Disbeliever"
Mohja Kahf

NGOs, INGOs, GO-NGOs and DO-NGOs: Making Sense of Non-Governmental Organizations
Sheila Carapico

Palestinian NGOs Since Oslo: From NGO Politics to Social Movements?
Rema Hammami

Problems of Dependency: Human Rights Organizations in the Arab World
An Interview with Abdullahi An-Na'im

The Transformation of Islamic NGOs in Palestine
Sara Roy

The Importance of Self-Reliance: NGOs and Democracy-Building in Eritrea
Dan Connell

NGOs' Dilemmas
Julia Pitner

Egyptian Advocacy NGOs: Catalysts for Social and Political Change
Krista Masonis El-Gawhary

Al-Haq: The First Twenty Years
Joost Hiltermann

Women, War and Exile: Literary Reflections
Reviewed by Anita Vitullo Khoury

New and Recommended Reading

PHOTOS Dan Connell, Joost Hiltermann, Noel Jabbour/AP World Wide, Norbert Giacomo Pirozzi/Panos Pictures, Sean Sprague/Panos Pictures, J.C. Tordai/Panos Pictures.

COVER PHOTO Nobert Schiller. Egyptian woman sorting through garbage as part of an NGO-funded project for garbage collectors in Cairo.