Mark Ayyash
Mark Ayyash is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the John de Chastelain Peace Studies Initiative at Mount Royal University, Calgary. He teaches and writes in the areas of social and political theory, the study of violence, and decolonial movements, particularly focusing on the Palestinian-Israeli struggle. He has published several academic articles and has a co-edited book on Protests and Generations in the MENA and the Mediterranean. His forthcoming book with the University of Toronto Press is titled A Hermeneutics of Violence.
![People carrying banners march to protest over the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in USA on 31 May 2020 in Portland, Oregon. [John Rudoff - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200601_2_42735475_55523972.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In the early 1970s, the famous comedian Richard Pryor joked: "If you're going looking for justice, that's what you'll find – just us." The phrase has...![Protesters gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy in central London, in support of Gaza's anniversary march of the 'Great March of Return', in London, UK on March 30, 2018 [Palestinian Forum in Britain]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PHOTO-2019-03-31-04-56-11.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Much of the public discourse on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in Canada is superficial, shallow and entirely strategic. When Canadian parliamentarians debated a motion on BDS...