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…·10 min read·Aug 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 the·6 min read·Mar 22, 2021----
Joey AyoubLebanon’s militarized masculinityThis is the country where former sectarian warlords, all men, and their allied clientelist class, overwhelmingly men, continue to·10 min read·Mar 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.·5 min read·Mar 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…·8 min read·Mar 2, 2021----
Joey AyoubThe future Palestinian presentPalestinian science fiction and the protracted now.·8 min read·Feb 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…·6 min read·Feb 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.Me·18 min read·Feb 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…·13 min read·Feb 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.·8 min read·Jan 20, 2021----