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Category: lebanon

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

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

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

Memes and Collapse: An Alternative View of Lebanon’s October 17 Protests

March 23, 2020May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub2 Comments

This piece looks at some of the attempts to address this widespread feeling of inevitable collapse.

Posted in lebanon, levant

Lebanon: The Revolution Four Months In

February 24, 2020May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

How can an understanding of Lebanese history help us understand the situation? What can we learn from the Lebanese uprising that could inform struggles against capitalism, sectarianism, and the state worldwide?

Posted in lebanon, levant

Syrian melancholy in Lebanon’s revolution

December 6, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Syrians in Lebanon have greeted the country’s uprising with a complex blend of joy, envy, melancholy, and fear.

Posted in lebanon, levant, syria

Ghassan Halwani and the reclaiming of Lebanon’s imaginaries

December 1, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub1 Comment

How is the October 17 Revolution catalysing the reclaiming of imaginaries?

Posted in lebanon, levant

The Lebanese Revolution Must Abolish the Kafala System (Part 2)

November 21, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

According to Lebanon’s own intelligence agency, migrant domestic workers are dying at a rate of two per week.

Posted in labor/kafala, lebanon, levant

Launch of new book of Syrian citizen journalism

November 17, 2019May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub1 Comment

First English-language collection of writing from revolutionary newspaper ‘Enab Baladi’

Posted in europe, lebanon, levant, u.k.

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