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Joey Ayoub

Geneva, Lebanon, Switzerland
As seen in: Shado, Voices + Visions: The Podcast, Apple Podcasts, The New York Times, Al Jazeera English, France 24, Substack, Rue89, International Business Times (U.K.), LSE Connect, The World from PRX, The Wire (India) and
Covers:  Middle East, Europe, US, UK, environment, politics, tech, culture, social media, literature, mutual aid, feminism, activism
Doesn't Cover: celebrity news
host of @firethesetimes. rarely on twitter, pls email here: joeyayoub @ protonmail dot ch mastodon @joey@spore.social bluesky @ ayoub.bsky.social
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Joey Ayoub’s Biography

Joey Ayoub is a writer, editor and researcher originally from Lebanon. He's also worked as a journalist and consultant.

He's been published in Al Jazeera, AlJumhuriya.net, Harvard’s Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy, Raseef22, Global Voices Online, The New Arab (Al Araby), Pulse Media, IB Times, Middle East Eye, RS21, GenderIT, LSE Middle East Blogs, Shado Mag, Mangal Media, Crimethinc, Addis Standard, El Diario, The Wire, Mail & Guardian, Rue89 and Lebanon Support, among others.

Between August 2016 and April 2019, and between January 2018 and June 2019 respectively, he was Middle East and North Africa (MENA) editor at Global Voices and IFEX. He has also freelanced as an editor for, among other websites, The Arab Tyrant Manual.

Since March 2020, he's been hosting the podcast The Fire These Times, a podcast hosting conversations at the intersection of politics, culture and the environment. He's also held a blog and newsletter called Hummus For Thought since 2012.