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Nature and Politics

Nature and Politics

Fall 2020

Fall 2020

Issue Editors: Jessica Barnes and Muriam Haleh Davis with Guest Editor Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins

Issue Editors: Jessica Barnes and Muriam Haleh Davis with Guest Editor Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins

Table of Contents

Starter

Nature and Politics
Up Front

Water in the Middle East: A Primer
Articles

On Blaming Climate Change for the Syrian Civil War
Articles

Global Aspirations and Local Realities of Solar Energy in Morocco
Articles

Birth Defects and the Toxic Legacy of War in Iraq
Articles

Bird Markets, Artisanal Pigeons and Class Relations in the Middle East
Articles

The Unintended Consequences of Turkey’s Quest for Oil
Articles

Terra Infirma – Dead Sea Sinkholes – A Photo Essay
Articles

The Lost Wetlands of Turkey
Articles

"Algeria is not for Sale!" Mobilizing Against Fracking in the Sahara
Articles

An Interview with Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins
Articles

“Turkey Wants to be Part of the Nuclear Club” An Interview with Can Candan
Special Reports

Masdar City 2020
Starter

Issue 296 (Fall 2020) Masthead