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Author: Joey Ayoub

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Community networks for raising awareness of women’s rights: Interview with Chako Armant

October 28, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Lying just beneath the surface, and often outside of the international spotlight, are groups of people creating genuine change in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Posted in miscellaneous

‘Assad or we burn the country: how one family’s lust for power destroyed Syria’

October 16, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"A powerful new chronicle of the Syrian tragedy, based on interviews with regime insiders and rebel activists, seeks to explain the Assad government’s successful grip on power and the lengths to which it will go to maintain this."

Posted in book reviews, levant, syria

Lebanon, our painfully ordinary country

October 11, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub1 Comment

A new book by Cambridge University's Andrew Arsan arguing Lebanon is "a microcosm of the contemporary world" successfully analyzes the country's ills, offering a helpful framework for Lebanese seeking change.

Posted in book reviews, lebanon, levant

The future Palestinian present

September 3, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"the Israeli state continues its war on the Palestinian past through censorship and on the Palestinian present through violence. This gives science fiction a creative potential that has yet to be truly explored: that of creating a new imaginary. “

Posted in book reviews, levant, palestine/israel

When Palestinians, Israelis and Germans spoke about trauma in the West Bank

May 22, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

A recent book explores the conditions under which Palestinians and Israelis might be able to reconcile. The challenges are immense, but worth studying.

Posted in book reviews, levant, palestine/israel

Lebanon’s “Others,” part 1: Palestinians and Syrians

April 19, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Drawing on James Baldwin to explore "Othering" in Lebanon.

Posted in lebanon, levant

In Bahrain, the two-faced nature of impunity: oppressors rewarded, activists suffer

February 13, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

The Bahraini government has been rewarding officials with promotions, regardless of, or perhaps related to, serious human rights violations they are accused of

Posted in bahrain, gulf, reports

Why Bahrain’s ‘torture prince’ can still visit the U.K. despite calls for his arrest

February 9, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Despite allegations that Bahrain's Nasser Bin Hamad personally took part in torturing protesters, he has repeatedly traveled to the UK where he faces calls for his arrest.

Posted in bahrain, gulf

How a Syrian photo collective is resisting Assad’s narrative from within

January 14, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

"Through our stories we work hard to portray the current situation of the Syrian streets as it is, through the eyes of its people, reflecting how they feel."

Posted in levant, syria

Lebanon’s militarized masculinity

December 20, 2018May 10, 2020 Joey AyoubLeave a comment

militarized masculinities found company in widespread discourses demonizing those who don’t fit within rigid gender binaries and sectarian/class calculations.

Posted in gender, lebanon, levant, patriarchy

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