Kholoud Al-Ajarma, D. A. Jaber, and Jawida Mansour, “Tobacco Cultivation in the West Bank Between Economic Survival and Settler-Colonial Constraints,” Arab Studies Journal, Fall 2025, XXXIII, No. 1−2 Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Kholoud Al-Ajarma, D. A. Jaber, and Jawida Mansour (KAA, DAJ & JM): The idea for writing this article stemmed from the concern about the increasing reliance on tobacco cultivation as a primary livelihood strategy in Jenin and the wider northern West Bank. In a context marked by structural violence, economic fragmentation, and restricted mobility, tobacco has emerged as one of the few crops that offers Palestinians a predictable—though deeply preca... [Read more]