Posts tagged ‘Joey Ayoub’

First day in Ambohibola

by Joey Hesayne-Ayoub First day in Ambohibola, Madagascar. Writing about Ambohibola is, I must admit, an odd process. That distant land which became my Home for…

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The “Humans of Lebanon” Project

By Joey Ayoub Humans of Lebanon was started as a sort of unofficial sequel to Humans of Beirut. What we do is simple: we post photographs,…

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‘Volunteering in Madagascar’ AUB Lecture – Video

By Joey Ayoub I gave a 20-ish minutes presentation held by the UNESCO Club at the American University of Beirut in which I talked about my…

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Iran is the new Iraq [Eng/Heb]

By Joey Ayoub Hebrew version below. The war drums are beating again. Yesterday, The Telegraph ‘reported’ that Iran is “strenghtening ties with al-Qaeda”, according to “intelligence…

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Why I Don’t Tolerate Creationists

By Joey Ayoub Today we celebrate Darwin’s 203rd birthday and in his honor I will try and explain why I do not tolerate creationism. I received…

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Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila – video

by Joey Ayoub Lila Aacharya left Nepal hoping to make a better life for her two young daughters. Two months later her body was flown home.…

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“Life Bar” Gemmayze asks guests to dress as maids

By Joey Ayoub “This Friday Night, Be Sinkara or Milenga.. Be Soumatra or Domma.. Create your own Maid Costume, Speak Like them and look like a…

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My Question to Noam Chomsky

by Joey Ayoub I sent an e-mail to Prof. Noam Chomsky almost a year ago on the 28th of March, 2011 and received a reply less…

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Jimmy Wales and Palestine

ByJoey Ayoub I’ve had a discussion with Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, concerning the fact that he was participating in the Israeli Presidential Conference…

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Why I support IQRA’

By Joey Ayoub I’ve recently joined the Lebanese NGO IQRA’ and although I haven’t done much with them yet, I will try and explain why I…

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Further comments on “My Shame”

Further comments on “My Shame” Madagascar. Lebanon. By Joey Ayoub I’ve received quite a few responses concerning my previous post (which you can read here) and…

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My Shame: A Lebanese in Madagascar

By Joey Ayoub Madagascar. Lebanon. I’d like to share a story that’s not really easy to tell and which has something to do with what Sari…

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Get over it

By Joey Ayoub Ok one quick thing. I’m getting sick and tired of all the pseudo-intellectuals who still get all worked up over the idea of…

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The Lebanon I Dream Of

by Joey Ayoub I can’t think of any other movie that can equal “The Lebanon I Dream Of” in portraying the frustrations of so many of…

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A conversation

by Joey Ayoub I was sitting last night with a friend of mine and we got to talk about the whole christians vs muslims situation in…

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