Live Blog: Large explosion over Damascus
by Joey Ayoub Reuters: Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that…
Read articleRoger Ebert.
Roger Ebert inspired me into thinking twice about those moving pictures accompanied by sound that are projected on some screen. I can’t write more right now,…
Read articleRSA Animate – First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
by Joey Ayoub Slavoz Žižek is a world-famous Slovene philosopher and cultural critic. He came to public attention in the 80s as a dissident of the…
Read article9th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
by Joey Ayoub The annual ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’, taking place in over 100 cities, will be held in Beirut from the 11th of March until the…
Read articleNadim Kobeissi on Internet Activism
Internet Activism is extremely important because the internet can serve as a base, as an infrastructure, for the promotion of civil society, for bringing people together…
Read articleVisualizing Palestine [Infographics]
“Visualizing Palestine is the intersection of communication, social sciences, technology, design and urban studies for social justice. Visualizing Palestine uses creative visuals to describe a factual…
Read articleChomsky vs Foucault (Full Video)
by Joey Ayoub Students of Linguistics, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Politics or Philosophy will know how important the following debate is. The famous Chomsky vs Foucault debate…
Read articleAdieu Stéphane
by Joey Ayoub “When one is received by the world in television studios, when one writes bestsellers, when one has baptised an international mobilisation movement, does…
Read articleDavid Attenborough does Biophilia
by Joey Ayoub Icelandic wonder Björk has teamed up with legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough to produce a mesmerizing introduction to Bjork’s Biophilia, the…
Read articleKhalil Gibran: ‘Sand and Foam’
by Joey Ayoub Khalil Gibran was arguably Lebanon’s most famous poet. A product of both his native Lebanon and his adoptive USA, he maintained himself to…
Read articleMinutePhysics’ List of Best Science Websites
by Joey Ayoub Henry Reich, the awesome man behind YouTube’s famous MinutePhysics Channel has once again contributed to the spread of knowledge for its own sake…
Read articleIn loving memory of a dog
By Joey Ayoub Ace was a bit of a retard. He rarely listened to anything I ever said. Wouldn’t sit, wouldn’t come and him rolling over…
Read articleIs the Man who is Tall Happy?
by Joey Ayoub “Nature is simple and it is the task of the scientist to show that it’s simple. And if we’ve not been able to…
Read articleVoices4Change Project
By Joey Ayoub I received this message from Transterra for all those interested: “Dear TRANSTERRA Facilitators, Transterra Media (TTM) and Global Nomads Group (GNG) are launching…
Read articleSaudi preacher rapes and kills 5-year-old daughter, gets off easy
by Joey Ayoub I don’t really know what to say about this. Words are simply not enough to describe my anger and disgust. I usually don’t…
Read articleCelebrating one year of HummusForThought
by Joey Ayoub and Sari Hawa We just wanted to thank everyone for the support you’ve shown for our blog. We’ve had 5,352 unique visitors…
Read articleThe Article with no name
By Sari Hawa. (I really don’t know what to call the article) I haven’t written anything for quite a while. Why? No specific reason. I was…
Read articleThe “Humans of Madagascar” Project
By Joey Ayoub I’m happy to say that the “Humans of Madagascar” project has been passed on to Lalah Ariniaina who is now responsible for the…
Read articleيوميات مواطن فلسطيني: على الطريق [Ar] Diary of a Palestinian Citizen: On The Road
By Guest Author Manar Younes An English Translation will be provided soon. It’ll be announced on both Twitter and Facebook. على الطريق بقلم: منار يونس …
Read articleMarch 2012: A “mad” month or a month of madness?
By Guest Author Mafoya Dossoumon Benin March Madness in the United States refers to a college basketball tournament held each spring. Perhaps, madness is used metaphorically…
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