"Critical Environmental Perspectives in Middle East Studies" Arab Studies Journal

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.