Elia Ayoub

Elia Ayoub is a post-doctoral researcher and writer. He is the founder of The Fire These Times podcast and co-founder of From the Periphery media collective. He holds a PhD in Cultural Analysis on postwar Lebanon and runs a newsletter on the region called Hauntologies. He can be found on Bluesky, Mastodon and Instagram and his work is archived at iwritestuff.blog.

Recent Articles
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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