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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

Why Fortress Europe and the European Union Can’t Coexist

April 2, 2020May 10, 2020 Joey Ayoub

Joey Ayoub explores a big dilemma facing the EU, involving a desire to dissolve borders within while promoting them without.

Posted in europe

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

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