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Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online

Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa
By: Alan Mikhail, Editor, editor
Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
326pp. $22.46. ISBN: 9780199768660.
Volume: 1 Issue: 2
June 2013
Review by
Ian Campbell, PhD
Georgia State University
Atlanta
This volume, written by multiple authors, attempts to bridge the gap between Middle Eastern studies and environmental studies. Its editor argues
that environmental studies has heretofore lacked a focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), while MENA studies have lacked a focus
on the environment. Most notably, this volume does not concentrate on the presumed inherent fragility o