Critiquing NGOs Spring 2000 Spring 2000Middle East Report 214 assesses the sociopolitical effects of the proliferation of non-governmental organizations in the region. Table of Contents Starter From the Editor (Spring 2000) The Editors Up Front Seeking Sanctuary Graham Usher Up Front Bethlehem Dispatch Maad Abu-Ghazalah Up Front Regimes of (Un)Truth Paul Silverstein Up Front Disbeliever Mohja Kahf Articles NGOs, INGOs, GO-NGOs and DO-NGOs Sheila Carapico Articles Palestinian NGOs Since Oslo Rema Hammami Articles Gaza Dispatch Hadani Ditmars Articles Problems of Dependency Lisa Hajjar Articles The Transformation of Islamist NGOs in Palestine Sara Roy Articles The Importance of Self-Reliance Dan Connell Articles NGOs' Dilemmas Julia Pitner Articles Egyptian Advocacy NGOs Krista Masonis El-Gawhary Articles Al-Haq Joost Hiltermann Reviews Women, War and Exile Anita Vitullo Khoury Reviews Editor's Picks (Spring 2000) The Editors