This article comparatively examines the results of a qualitative study of how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may promote a shared society in the conflict-affected areas of Israel and Cyprus. The authors have chosen to set their research in these two contexts, where the complex relationships between the majority and the minority communities have led to persistent conflicts that seem rather ‘intractable’ and ‘frozen’. Three thematic categories emerge from this analysis: (a) empowering citizens to enact intercultural initiatives; (b) enhancing youth’s agency; and (c) collaborating with the state and other actors. The authors discuss their findings under the framework of interculturalism and intercultural change. Their argument is that for peacebuilding to flourish in both countries, civil society organizations (CSOs) should cultivate sympathetic imagination by enabling people from the communities in conflict to firstly imagine and then pursue alternatives to the current status quo.

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非政府组织如何在受冲突影响的地区促进共享社会

本文比较研究了非政府组织如何进行定性研究的结果（非政府组织s) 可以促进以色列和塞浦路斯受冲突影响地区的共享社会。作者选择在这两种背景下进行研究，多数群体和少数群体之间的复杂关系导致了持续不断的冲突，这些冲突似乎相当“棘手”和“僵化”。该分析得出了三个主题类别：(a) 赋予公民采取跨文化举措的权力；(b) 加强青年的能动性；(c) 与国家和其他行为者合作。作者在跨文化主义和跨文化变革的框架下讨论了他们的发现。他们的论点是，为了在两国蓬勃发展和平建设，民间社会组织（公民社会组织s) 应培养富有同情心的想象力，让冲突社区的人们首先想象，然后寻求替代现状的方案。