Chapter
7:
Case
studies
in
Sana’a
basin
arbitration)
Sheikh
Fakher
Ali
Fakher
representing
Shahek
met
with
the
son
of
the
killed
person
from
Tan’im.
Eventually,
the
son
pardoned
the
Shahiks
and
that
ended
the
conflict.
With
that,
both
tribes
made
tanseeb
for
the
graves
of
the
two
that
were
killed.
In
tribal
culture
in
these
areas,
those
who
were
killed
in
the
conflicts
are
buried
but,
unlike
other
dead,
with
no
stone
at
their
graves.
This
implies
that
the
tribe
still
has
to
take
revenge
for
those
who
are
killed.
Once
the
revenge
killing
is
resolved,
like
the
case
in
this
conflict,
tribesmen
put
stones
around
the
graves
to
indicate
that
no
more
revenge
is
needed.
This
agreement
was
reached
without
any
intervention
either
from
the
official
(government)
or
tribal
mediators
(according
to
shaik
Ali
Fakher
of
Shahik).
During
the
conflict
the
dam
lost
all
the
water
in
the
lake
to
evaporation
and
has
remained
dry
ever
since.
With
regard
to
the
water,
the
two
parties
Shahik
and
Tanaim
tribes
sat
together
without
any
mediators
and
both
of
them
confessed
to
the
water
rights
of
each
other
and
solved
the
problem
directly
and
through
a
common
face-‐to-‐face
meeting
include
both
sides,
as
well
as
themselves.
During
the
interviews
the
parties
were
asked,
w