Gareth Doherty’s work, brought into Turkish by Prof. Dr. Hayriye Eşbah Tunçay, is an interdisciplinary reference source that analyzes the concept of "green" in the specific context of Bahrain through its aesthetic, architectural, political, and social dimensions. Based on long-term ethnographic field research, the study opens up the contradictions that come with building green spaces in an arid geography to discussion around the theme of "The Paradox of Green." Centering on the decisive impact of a color on collective memory, power relations, and spatial identity in a trajectory extending from traditional date palm groves to the lawns that symbolize modern urbanization the book brings together landscape architecture, anthropology, and urban studies in an original synthesis.