Lucy Ayoub (Arabic: لوسي أيوب; Hebrew: לוסי איוב; born 21 June 1992) is an Israeli television presenter, poet and radio host, formerly of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and currently working for Keshet Media Group.[1][2] Ayoub co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 alongside Assi Azar, Bar Refaeli and Erez Tal.[3]
Lucy Ayoub | |
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.jpg) Ayoub in 2020 | |
| Born | June 21, 1992 Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa, Israel |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, radio presenter |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Employer(s) | Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (2016–2021) Keshet Media Group (2021–present) |
| Partner | Etay Bar |
Early life
Ayoub was born in Haifa, Israel. She is the daughter of an Arab-Christian father, and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother who converted to Christianity upon their marriage. Ayoub has one brother and three sisters.[4][5] Her paternal grandmother was the daughter of Palestinian refugees who fled to Lebanon during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War She was left in a convent in Israel, and later was adopted by a wealthy Arab-Christian woman named Lucy Khayat.[4] Her maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors: her maternal grandfather was sent to a Nazi concentration camp, while her maternal grandmother from Romania survived among partisans as a child.[4] Ayoub celebrates both the Christian and Jewish holidays with different parts of her family although she says she is an atheist: "I’m an atheist and it means nothing to me that I was baptized [in church]".[6] She attended a Catholic Carmelites school in Haifa.[4] She wrote stories and poems in both Arabic and Hebrew.
Ayoub enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, serving for two years as a flight simulator instructor in the Israeli Air Force.[7]
In 2016, she began studying philosophy, politics, economics, and law at the Tel Aviv University.
Career
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She first gained public attention in 2016, when she read several pieces of her poetry in the framework of the Poetry Slam Israel competition. In the same year, she joined the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and started writing and submitting videos. In 2017, Ayoub began to host a weekly cultural programme on the radio station. In the same year, she began hosting the daily TV programme Culture Club on Kan 11.
Ayoub was the jury spokesperson for Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018,[8] where her presentation caused a media reaction due to the response of the Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport, Miri Regev, who protested against the fact that Ayoub spoke Arabic during the live broadcast and did not mention Jerusalem.[9]
Ayoub hosted the green room (artists' backstage) of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv alongside Assi Azar, whereas Erez Tal and Bar Refaeli hosted the main event.[3][10] Before that, on 28 January, Ayoub and Azar hosted the contest's semi-final allocation draw at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[11]
She plays a role in the fourth season of the Netflix series Fauda.[12]
In November 2021, she announced her departure from the IPBC for Keshet.[13]
Personal life
She resides in Tel Aviv with her Jewish-Israeli boyfriend Etay Bar.[14][4]She is now married to Bar.[15]
Ayoub speaks Arabic and Hebrew.[5] In a poem she says of her self-identity: "[S]ome of you will say I will always be the daughter of the Arab, and at the same time, in the eyes of others, I will always be the daughter of the Jewess. So do not suddenly tell me that I can not be both."[5]
See also
References
- ^ "מ'כאן' ל'קשת': התפקיד החדש של לוסי איוב" [From 'Kan' to 'Keshet': Lucy Ayoub's new role]. סרוגים (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "לוסי איוב מצטרפת לקשת ותנחה את "רוקדים עם כוכבים"" [Welcome: Lucy Ayoub will host "Dancing with the Stars"]. tvbee (in Hebrew). 26 October 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ a b Zwart, Josianne (25 January 2019). "Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar & Lucy Ayoub to host Eurovision 2019!". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "לוסי בארץ הפלאות". ynet. 20 September 2017.
- ^ a b c ""יש לי וידוי, נולדתי ערבייה": כוכבת הרשת החדשה לא מוכנה ליישב את הסתירות בזהות שלה". הארץ.
- ^ Jewish-Arab Slam Poet a Hit in Person and on YouTube By Shachar Atwan 29 June 2016: "I’m an atheist and it means nothing to me that I was baptized. On the other hand, culturally I like the atmosphere and spending the Christian holidays with my [nuclear] family. I celebrate Jewish holidays with my [maternal] grandmother and uncles.”
- ^ Atwan, Shachar (29 June 2016). "Jewish-Arab Slam Poet a Hit in Person and on YouTube". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "May we have your votes please?". Eurovision Song Contest. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "דיווח: שרת התרבות מירי רגב דורשת התערבות ממשלתית באירוויזיון 2019" [Report: Culture Minister Miri Regev demands government intervention in the Eurovision 2019]. וואלה! תרבות (in Hebrew). 16 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Meet the Eurovision 2019 hosts: Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub". wiwibloggs.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Groot, Evert (26 January 2019). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw pots revealed!". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "'Fauda' goes global in its fourth season". jpost.com. 28 December 2021.
- ^ "לוסי איוב נפרדת: "דרך לא קלה, הזמן להמשיך הלאה"". Ice (in Hebrew). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "לוסי איוב". Haaretz הארץ.
- ^ Meet the warrior women of Fauda
External links
Media related to Lucy Ayoub at Wikimedia Commons
