Elia Ayoub (he/him)
@ayoub.spore.social.ap.brid.gy
I write essays, research and do podcasts but I’m mostly a full-time dad to a human toddler and two dogs.
Words in 972Mag, Al Jazeera, Al Jumhuriya, Shado Mag etc
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Words in 972Mag, Al Jazeera, Al Jumhuriya, Shado Mag etc
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Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out!
In Episode 1, @leilashami and I go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
https://www.patreon.com/posts/128666665
Part of From The Periphery Media Collective
In Episode 1, @leilashami and I go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
https://www.patreon.com/posts/128666665
Part of From The Periphery Media Collective
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January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Elia Ayoub (he/him)
Interesting listen: a conversation of @ayoub and @aurelmondon.bsky.social on the mainstreaming of the far right:
The Far Right is Not Inevitable
https://fromtheperiphery.com/2024/07/05/163-the-far-right-is-not-inevitable-w-aurelien-mondon/
#media #mainstreaming #farright #politics #liberalism […]
The Far Right is Not Inevitable
https://fromtheperiphery.com/2024/07/05/163-the-far-right-is-not-inevitable-w-aurelien-mondon/
#media #mainstreaming #farright #politics #liberalism […]
Original post on todon.eu
todon.eu
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Interesting listen: a conversation of @ayoub and @aurelmondon.bsky.social on the mainstreaming of the far right:
The Far Right is Not Inevitable
https://fromtheperiphery.com/2024/07/05/163-the-far-right-is-not-inevitable-w-aurelien-mondon/
#media #mainstreaming #farright #politics #liberalism […]
The Far Right is Not Inevitable
https://fromtheperiphery.com/2024/07/05/163-the-far-right-is-not-inevitable-w-aurelien-mondon/
#media #mainstreaming #farright #politics #liberalism […]
RE: https://spore.social/@ayoub/115491186231393601
Amazed at the responses. I'll likely have to do (at least) two separate sessions to accommodate everyone!
You can still register your interest and I'll send you an update with all the details.
Amazed at the responses. I'll likely have to do (at least) two separate sessions to accommodate everyone!
You can still register your interest and I'll send you an update with all the details.
Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
RE: https://spore.social/@ayoub/115491186231393601
Amazed at the responses. I'll likely have to do (at least) two separate sessions to accommodate everyone!
You can still register your interest and I'll send you an update with all the details.
Amazed at the responses. I'll likely have to do (at least) two separate sessions to accommodate everyone!
You can still register your interest and I'll send you an update with all the details.
Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
Recs for best place to sell illustrations, posters and the like? I do these for fun and some of them are quite nice (if I may say so myself). I know the big ones like Etsy and co but I’m hoping for something that’s ethical while also being affordable for buyers
If that still exists
If that still exists
August 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Recs for best place to sell illustrations, posters and the like? I do these for fun and some of them are quite nice (if I may say so myself). I know the big ones like Etsy and co but I’m hoping for something that’s ethical while also being affordable for buyers
If that still exists
If that still exists
August 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
August 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My latest: Notes on Assadism, Zionism, Fascism and Hope
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/notes-on-assadism-zionism-fascism
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/notes-on-assadism-zionism-fascism
August 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My latest: Notes on Assadism, Zionism, Fascism and Hope
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/notes-on-assadism-zionism-fascism
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/notes-on-assadism-zionism-fascism
Happy to announce that The Kashmir Question is finally out on @thefirethesetimes.com with Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal and Abdulla Moaswes
Part 1, Origins, is out on all podcast apps. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2f7jPuIhnurBNnkaQrUH2Y?si=3e5b254e85d643b3
The […]
[Original post on spore.social]
Part 1, Origins, is out on all podcast apps. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2f7jPuIhnurBNnkaQrUH2Y?si=3e5b254e85d643b3
The […]
[Original post on spore.social]
August 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Happy to announce that The Kashmir Question is finally out on @thefirethesetimes.com with Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal and Abdulla Moaswes
Part 1, Origins, is out on all podcast apps. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2f7jPuIhnurBNnkaQrUH2Y?si=3e5b254e85d643b3
The […]
[Original post on spore.social]
Part 1, Origins, is out on all podcast apps. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2f7jPuIhnurBNnkaQrUH2Y?si=3e5b254e85d643b3
The […]
[Original post on spore.social]
The UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) has declared that Famine is now unfolding in Gaza. They describe this as "the worst case scenario."
The World Food Programme describes the famine as "unlike anything this century" […]
The World Food Programme describes the famine as "unlike anything this century" […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
July 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) has declared that Famine is now unfolding in Gaza. They describe this as "the worst case scenario."
The World Food Programme describes the famine as "unlike anything this century" […]
The World Food Programme describes the famine as "unlike anything this century" […]
My latest (free):
The Génocidaires Can Never Rest - We must haunt them and confront them wherever they go
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/the-genocidaires-can-never-rest
The Génocidaires Can Never Rest - We must haunt them and confront them wherever they go
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/the-genocidaires-can-never-rest
July 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest (free):
The Génocidaires Can Never Rest - We must haunt them and confront them wherever they go
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/the-genocidaires-can-never-rest
The Génocidaires Can Never Rest - We must haunt them and confront them wherever they go
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/the-genocidaires-can-never-rest
BREAKING - B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
July 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
BREAKING - B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars […]
I witnessed the IDF shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population"
In the video shared you see […]
In the video shared you see […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
July 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I witnessed the IDF shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population"
In the video shared you see […]
In the video shared you see […]
I know I haven't been as active on The Fire These Times or Hauntologies. Unfortunately, finances aren't the best these days so I'm spending more time looking for other sources of income. I'm hoping this isn't a permanent problem, but who knows.
Appreciate everyone's support!
Appreciate everyone's support!
July 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I know I haven't been as active on The Fire These Times or Hauntologies. Unfortunately, finances aren't the best these days so I'm spending more time looking for other sources of income. I'm hoping this isn't a permanent problem, but who knows.
Appreciate everyone's support!
Appreciate everyone's support!
For episode 200 (!) of The Fire These Times, @danaelkurd and I sat down with the brilliant @AstraTaylor and Naomi Klein to talk about the rise of end times fascism.
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) https://www.patreon.com/posts/132864144
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) https://www.patreon.com/posts/132864144
June 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For episode 200 (!) of The Fire These Times, @danaelkurd and I sat down with the brilliant @AstraTaylor and Naomi Klein to talk about the rise of end times fascism.
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) https://www.patreon.com/posts/132864144
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) https://www.patreon.com/posts/132864144
Amnesty International accuses the EU of serving as a 'green light to Israel's genocide'
-- ‘Timid’ review of EU-Israel Association Agreement a ‘greenlight to Israel’s genocide’ […]
-- ‘Timid’ review of EU-Israel Association Agreement a ‘greenlight to Israel’s genocide’ […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
June 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Amnesty International accuses the EU of serving as a 'green light to Israel's genocide'
-- ‘Timid’ review of EU-Israel Association Agreement a ‘greenlight to Israel’s genocide’ […]
-- ‘Timid’ review of EU-Israel Association Agreement a ‘greenlight to Israel’s genocide’ […]
Maybe it's a bad idea for the quasi-entirety of Western foreign policy to be dependent on one Israeli man and one American man
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Maybe it's a bad idea for the quasi-entirety of Western foreign policy to be dependent on one Israeli man and one American man
We're now at nearly 100 Palestinians killed in 2 days by the Israelis while waiting at food centers / for food trucks.
34 on Monday https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-food-2db06796a4721b5696e1279532dede42
45 on Tuesday […]
34 on Monday https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-food-2db06796a4721b5696e1279532dede42
45 on Tuesday […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
June 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We're now at nearly 100 Palestinians killed in 2 days by the Israelis while waiting at food centers / for food trucks.
34 on Monday https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-food-2db06796a4721b5696e1279532dede42
45 on Tuesday […]
34 on Monday https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-food-2db06796a4721b5696e1279532dede42
45 on Tuesday […]
Malaysian activists are trying to gather a 1,000 ships from around the world to sail to Gaza in unison to break the Israeli blockade
This comes after Israel illegally stopped the Madleen at sea and Egypt continues to stop the land convoy to Gaza […]
This comes after Israel illegally stopped the Madleen at sea and Egypt continues to stop the land convoy to Gaza […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
June 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Malaysian activists are trying to gather a 1,000 ships from around the world to sail to Gaza in unison to break the Israeli blockade
This comes after Israel illegally stopped the Madleen at sea and Egypt continues to stop the land convoy to Gaza […]
This comes after Israel illegally stopped the Madleen at sea and Egypt continues to stop the land convoy to Gaza […]
Friends in Beirut hearing Israeli drones a lot these days, and they're louder.
The goal is to keep the entire civilian population, already struggling with PTSD (without the 'post' in PTSD), on edge - all the time, 24/7.
Kids are growing up with the constant sound of Israeli drones
The goal is to keep the entire civilian population, already struggling with PTSD (without the 'post' in PTSD), on edge - all the time, 24/7.
Kids are growing up with the constant sound of Israeli drones
June 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Friends in Beirut hearing Israeli drones a lot these days, and they're louder.
The goal is to keep the entire civilian population, already struggling with PTSD (without the 'post' in PTSD), on edge - all the time, 24/7.
Kids are growing up with the constant sound of Israeli drones
The goal is to keep the entire civilian population, already struggling with PTSD (without the 'post' in PTSD), on edge - all the time, 24/7.
Kids are growing up with the constant sound of Israeli drones
What does a 2020 photo of Edward Said throwing a rock at the wall separating newly-liberated southern Lebanon and Israel have in common with the LA protests?
A few thoughts on how 'violence' if framed.
Article version (support if you can) https://www.hauntologies.net/p/framing-violence
🧵 below
A few thoughts on how 'violence' if framed.
Article version (support if you can) https://www.hauntologies.net/p/framing-violence
🧵 below
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What does a 2020 photo of Edward Said throwing a rock at the wall separating newly-liberated southern Lebanon and Israel have in common with the LA protests?
A few thoughts on how 'violence' if framed.
Article version (support if you can) https://www.hauntologies.net/p/framing-violence
🧵 below
A few thoughts on how 'violence' if framed.
Article version (support if you can) https://www.hauntologies.net/p/framing-violence
🧵 below
Last month Jimmy Carr hosted a secret Israeli party with Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the Israeli ambassador to the UK. Carr who once 'joked' that no one talks about the 'positives' of the Holocaust and then cited the Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti people […]
Original post on spore.social
spore.social
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Last month Jimmy Carr hosted a secret Israeli party with Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the Israeli ambassador to the UK. Carr who once 'joked' that no one talks about the 'positives' of the Holocaust and then cited the Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti people […]
Super happy to finally be publishing Hidah, which I'm co-producing as part of the From The Periphery media collective.
Hidah is a new podcast aiming uplift counter-colonial conversations from within Jewish communities across the global diaspora.
In E1, we meet […]
[Original post on spore.social]
Hidah is a new podcast aiming uplift counter-colonial conversations from within Jewish communities across the global diaspora.
In E1, we meet […]
[Original post on spore.social]
June 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Super happy to finally be publishing Hidah, which I'm co-producing as part of the From The Periphery media collective.
Hidah is a new podcast aiming uplift counter-colonial conversations from within Jewish communities across the global diaspora.
In E1, we meet […]
[Original post on spore.social]
Hidah is a new podcast aiming uplift counter-colonial conversations from within Jewish communities across the global diaspora.
In E1, we meet […]
[Original post on spore.social]
Melanie O'Brien, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-committing-genocide-gaza-says-top-legal-scholar-melanie-obrien
June 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Melanie O'Brien, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-committing-genocide-gaza-says-top-legal-scholar-melanie-obrien
If you stop thinking that Germany's response to anything Israel is about Holocaust guilt and instead about rewriting German history, you'd understand German politics better.
🧵 below and also https://www.hauntologies.net/p/germany-wants-to-rewrite-its-holocaust
🧵 below and also https://www.hauntologies.net/p/germany-wants-to-rewrite-its-holocaust
June 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you stop thinking that Germany's response to anything Israel is about Holocaust guilt and instead about rewriting German history, you'd understand German politics better.
🧵 below and also https://www.hauntologies.net/p/germany-wants-to-rewrite-its-holocaust
🧵 below and also https://www.hauntologies.net/p/germany-wants-to-rewrite-its-holocaust