I'm very honored to have edited and shepherded two incredible new pieces of thoughtful journalism and analysis on agroecology and political geography in Palestine and Lebanon. 

Luke Carneal wrote a powerful piece about Youssef Abu Rabie -- a piece that, as we were editing it, horribly turned into a eulogy as Israel killed Abu Rabie with an airstrike in October. 
Read "A Picture of Farming in Gaza Today: In Remembrance of Youssef Saqr Abu Rabie" in Jadaliyya now. 

Elia El Khazen and Michelle Eid wrote of the devastating impacts Israel's bombardment of Lebanon has had on local food systems and agriculture. In the midst, communities came together in food-based mutual aid efforts. While the "ceasefire" has been announced, Israel continues to violate Lebanese sovereignty, making these efforts still all too needed. 
Read "Fighting Fire with Community: Local Initiatives Rise Up Amidst the Israeli War on Lebanon" in Jadaliyya now. 

Paul Kohlbry and I have co-authored a chapter in the new edited volume.
Resisting Domination in Palestine:Mechanisms and Techniques of Control, Coloniality and Settler Colonialism (eds. Alaa Tartir, Timothy Seidel, and Tariq Dana, 2024, Bloombury/IB Taurus). It is available in hardback and as an ebook, and hopefully soon as paperback. 

Our chapter, "Situation the Transnational in Agrarian Palestine," urges attention to the international dimensions of racial capitalism and settler colonialism in critical agrarian studies and the political economy of Palestine. We examine how transnational forces of dispossession and racialization function in multiple crop systems and economies in Palestine: olives, dates, and sheep and goat herding. 

On Earth Day 2023 we will have been publishing the Environment page on Jadaliyya for three years!

Check out our 2nd anniversary post recapping our highlights from 2022. 

We accept submissions of short essays, photo essays, nominations for new books to be profiled, and more on a rolling basis at environment at jadaliyya dot com 

I published a piece with our initial page launch: 
“Countering Lawfare and Environmental Racism in Gaza and Palestine: The Case Study of the Jewish National Fund versus US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.” Jadaliyya, April 22, 2020.

An Essential Reading List on Environmental Politics in the Middle East (with Camille Cole and Brittany Cook)

Owain Lawson and I have edited an Essays section for Arab Studies Journal on "Critical Environmental Perspectives in
Middle East Studies.” It is out now in Arab Studies Journal XXX (2). 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Environmental Crisis as Event and Structure
Gabi Kirk and Owain Lawson
 
Rethinking Climate Refugees and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: An Agrarian Perspective of Displacement
China Sajadian
 
Selective Crisis: Water Shortages in Cairo’s Elite and Informal Neighborhoods
Noura Wahby
 
Confronting the Twin Crises of Climate Change and Occupation in Palestine
Gabi Kirk
 
The Compounding Crises of Agriculture and Colonialism in French Mandate Syria
Elizabeth Williams

You can buy the complete issue (or ask your institution to subscribe!) here or email me for select copies of essays.