Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University. He is the author of A Hermeneutics of Violence (UTP, 2019). He teaches and writes in the areas of decolonial theory, political violence, sovereignty, anti-Palestinian racism, and Palestinian social movements. He has published several academic articles, book chapters, and has two co-edited books. His opinion pieces have been published in Al-Jazeera, The Baffler, Middle East Eye, and Mondoweiss, among others.