Elia Ayoub

Elia Ayoub is a Brighton-based Lebanese-Palestinian historian and writer. He hosts The Fire These Times podcast and runs the Hauntologies newsletter. He is the Encyclopaedia Lead at the Decolonial Centre, and editor-at-large at Shado Mag. He offers online classes on Lebanese and regional history and politics as well as on internationalism, anti-imperialism, alternative futurities, James Baldwin, and more. He is currently working on his first book.

Recent Articles
Israeli and Lebanese flags at the South Lebanon Army (SLA) Memorial near Metula, following the signing of an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, June 28, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
Lebanon walks into Israel’s trap
The latest agreement only confirms what Hezbollah has warned: Negotiations that fail to secure Israel’s full military withdrawal will prove a fatal mistake.
By Elia Ayoub July 1, 2026
Israeli forces operate in southern Lebanon during "Operation Roaring Lion," March 11, 2026. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Is Israel trying to foment civil war in Lebanon?
Amid U.S.-brokered talks to extend the ‘ceasefire,’ Israel’s ongoing attacks are weakening the Lebanese government — and Hezbollah seeks to capitalize.
By Elia Ayoub April 23, 2026
Israeli military vehicles and tanks are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 8, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon is about more than just Hezbollah
After violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions.
By Elia Ayoub March 11, 2026
A portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is placed on a table with drinks and food to celebrate his assassination, outside a supermarket in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Killing Hezbollah leaders failed 30 years ago. It won’t work now
Instead of debilitating Hezbollah, Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah may prove to be a major PR boost for the embattled organization.
By Elia Ayoub October 4, 2024
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, September 23, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
With pager blasts and airstrikes, Israel unleashes its terror on Lebanon
Israeli leaders have threatened to replicate the ‘Gaza model’ in south Lebanon. But Hezbollah may prove to be an even more challenging foe than Hamas.
By Elia Ayoub September 23, 2024
Israeli soldiers wave a tattered Hezbollah flag as they return from fighting around the southern Lebanese village of Marun Al-Ras, July 27, 2006. (Pierre Terdjman/Flash90)
Hezbollah couldn’t ask for a better enemy than Israel
Through a war of words, Israel and Hezbollah have created a symbiotic relationship that plays into each other's ambitions for political hegemony.
By Elia Ayoub January 18, 2022
Protestors during anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong, July 1, 2018.
Why are ‘anti-imperialists’ defending dictators?
By echoing the narratives of repressive regimes, left-wing 'tankies' are forcing targeted activists to spend energy combating smears and disinformation.
By Elia Ayoub September 16, 2020
Israeli soldiers pass through the city of Sidon southward during the Lebanon War, April 9, 1983. (GPO)
Israel left Lebanon 20 years ago. We’re still fighting for our liberation
Hezbollah were viewed as heroes for forcing the Israeli army out of southern Lebanon. Today, they are responsible for killing countless Syrians and Palestinians. Reflections by a Lebanese Palestinian on 'Liberation Day.'
By Elia Ayoub May 25, 2020
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