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Decay as Political Metaphor in Ely Dagher’s Waves’ 98 and Mounia Akl’s Submarine

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Joey Ayoub

Ely Dagher's 2015 Waves '98 and Mounia Akl's 2016 Submarine, as unique responses to a feeling of despair brought about by the city/nation, explored through the theme of decay

Posted in cinema, lebanon

Twitter’s “Left” Discourse

December 27, 2020December 30, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Algorithmically-perceived Expectations ain't Discourse

Posted in Blog Entries

On Social Media

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Or: on data harvesting and manipulative behavior modification

Posted in Blog Entries, tech

On Collapse, Identity and History: An Interview

November 30, 2020 Joey Ayoub1 Comment

A long conversation on identity, trauma, history and the protracted now.

Posted in Uncategorized

Leftists and anti-authoritarians have a responsibility to vote out Trump

October 29, 2020November 26, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Biden is problematic, but he can be pushed to the left if we intensify our struggles for justice and equality.

Posted in USA

The trans-generational climate crisis

October 4, 2020 Joey Ayoub2 Comments

There is something particularly unsettling about being an almost-30 year old in 2020.

Posted in climate emergency

resilient: broken

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Beirut never healed. It just learned to accept its predicament. Beirut, like our parents, is not resilient. It is broken.

Posted in lebanon, levant

Lebanon’s multiple crises also expose the racist Kafala system

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Joey Ayoub

on the structural components behind the racialization and dehumanization of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Posted in labor/kafala, lebanon, levant

‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters

June 14, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Lausan spoke to Lebanese activist, writer, and scholar Joey Ayoub about the ongoing protests, the resonances between our respective sites of struggle, and the possibilities for transnational solidarity.

Posted in east asia, hong kong

Stopping the Bisri Dam: From Local to National Contestation

April 3, 2020May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

The Lebanese government has decided to go ahead with the construction of a controversial dam in the Bisri Valley ignoring criticism of the project’s impact on the environment.

Posted in climate emergency, lebanon, levant

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