Joey AyoubAn idea called DarayaFive years ago, in August of 2016, the remaining people of Daraya, Syria, were forcibly evacuated after a deal was reached with the Assad…Aug 26, 2021Aug 26, 2021
Joey AyoubSyrian melancholy in Lebanon’s revolutionIn 2019, Syrians and Palestinians participated in Lebanon’s protests, but most, including the co-author of this piece, choose do so from theMar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Joey AyoubLebanon’s militarized masculinityThis is the country where former sectarian warlords, all men, and their allied clientelist class, overwhelmingly men, continue toMar 21, 2021Mar 21, 2021
Joey AyoubThe Lebanese revolution must abolish the kafala systemUnder the country’s kafala (or sponsorship) system, the legal status of migrant domestic workers is in the hands of their employers.Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Joey AyoubLebanon, our painfully ordinary countryReading Lebanon: A Country in Fragments by Cambridge University’s Dr. Andrew Arsan feels like reading a socio-political biography of the…Mar 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021
Joey AyoubThe future Palestinian presentPalestinian science fiction and the protracted now.Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
Joey AyoubWhy Fortress Europe and the European Union Can’t CoexistLast year, a period of time that now seems to have been relegated to the distant past in light of the COVID-19 crisis, Fortress Europe was…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
Joey AyoubHezbollah’s Resistance™ against resistanceThe above was first published in the 1st Issue of Discontent. To buy the issue, please go to Discontent.MeFeb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Joey Ayoub‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protestersIn 2019, simultaneous uprisings in Hong Kong and Lebanon led activists, organizers, and writers from these two locales to engage with and…Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
Joey AyoubA look at the 2019 Lebanon uprising through its chantsThe October 2019 uprising in Lebanon has unleashed a wave of creativity that continues to rock the very foundations of Lebanese politics.Jan 20, 2021Jan 20, 2021
