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And this is specifically put forward, or highlighted in one of the chapters of the book by

Adam Hanea, sending a key message to the global climate justice movement, saying,

you need to take the Middle East seriously, specifically the Gulf countries in your strategies and tactics around phasing out fossil fuels and addressing the climate crisis.

You're listening to Green Dreamer and and I'm your host, Kamehachain.

Today we are speaking with Hamza Hamushen, a London-based Algerian research activist, commentator,

and a founding member of Algeria Solidarity Campaign and Environmental Justice North Africa.

He previously worked for War on Want, Global Justice Now, and Platform London, on issues

of extractivism, resources, land and food sovereignty, as well as climate, environmental, and

trade justice. He is the author and editor of multiple books, the most

recent one being dismantling green colonialism, energy and climate justice in the Arab region.

We said there is no perfect naming for that region. Myself, I prefer North Africa and West Asia, but some others prefer to say the Arab region or the Arab world.

So it doesn't matter much.

As long as we are aware that those namings are not perfect and each one has their own limitations.

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