Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub

Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub

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Elia's Picks, April 2026 Edition
Waubgeshig Rice, Srsly Wrong, Spectral Voyager, Sharon Lin, Molly Crabapple, Sally Hayden, and more.
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Israel's Lebanese Ghosts
On a longstanding obsession + Some Updates
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Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation
Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
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Inside Reform’s plans for a fascist takeover
A British ICE, a concentration camp and the end of accountability
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Getting "Used" to the Israeli Drone in Lebanon
It ain't normal
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How Hezbollah Lost Everything
It's not just Israel
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An elder is someone who is older than olive trees
Or: what breaks me
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I’m Giving a Masterclass!
Hauntologies essays and articles are mostly free but some are paywalled.
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The Revolutionizing Nature of the 2019 Lebanese Uprising
Part of the book ‘A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Recent Uprisings in North Africa and West Asia‘
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Going to the Peacehaven Mosque
Some reflections following the 4 October terrorist attack
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Speech: What Trump's UK Visit Means
Trump Not Welcome, 17 September 2025 Protest, London
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Break the Dam, Release the River
Set the questions free
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Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
Reflections from Lebanese historian, writer, researcher and podcaster Elia Ayoub. Memory, hauntings, liminality, authoritarianism, and alternative futurities. Host of The Fire These Times. Based in Sussex, England.
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The Ghosts of Israel's Future
Lebanon's Haunted 'Postwar'
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