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Civil Society, Post-Colonialism and Transnational Solidarity

Marie-Violaine Louvet

Civil Society, Post-Colonialism and Transnational Solidarity The Irish and the Middle East Conflict

Marie-Violaine Louvet Département des Langues et Civilisations Toulouse 1-Capitole University Toulouse France

ISBN 978-1-137-55108-5 ISBN 978-1-137-55109-2 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55109-2

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To my parents, Françoise and Hugues Louvet

Acknowledgements

I would first like to thank Wesley Hutchinson, my PhD supervisor at Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle University, for the confidence he has placed in me. Special thanks are also due to Christophe Gillissen and Edward Arnold, who directed me towards the fascinating research topic of Ireland and the Middle East. This book could not have been written without the valuable help of Emer Corrigan, and I am most grateful to her for her thorough editing work. I would like to thank Fintan Lane, Carlos Latuff, Ehab Lotayef, Gerry MacLochlainn, Paddy Monaghan, Bill Rolston and Charlotte Barcat for kindly allowing me to use the illustrations which appear in the book. Many thanks to my family, friends and colleagues from the Société Française d’Etudes Irlandaises (SOFEIR) and the Département des Langues et Civilisations at Toulouse 1-Capitole University for their support and encouragement during all the stages of the writing process. Finally, a very special thanks to all the activists, NGO work