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Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle.
He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out'. His other books include ‘My Father was a Freedom Fighter' and ‘The Last Earth'. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA).
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Plan B’ – Not an Enigma
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 12:11 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Plan B’ – Not an Enigma: Why the West Is Keen on Dividing the Arabs By Ramzy Baroud When Arab streets exploded with fury, from Tunis to Sanaa, pan-Arabism seemed, then, like a nominal notion. Neither did the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’ use ... More >>
Why We Must Transcend the Clinton-Sanders Debate
Friday, 26 February 2016, 1:06 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Why We Must Transcend the Clinton-Sanders Debate: The Middle East in US Foreign Policy By Ramzy Baroud As US liberals and some leftists are pulling up their sleeves in anticipation of a prolonged battle for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination, ... More >>
Dispelling the Myth of ‘Democracy’ within Israel
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 3:52 pm | Ramzy Baroud
‘Good Labor – Bad Likud’: Dispelling the Myth of ‘Democracy’ within Israel’s Political Establishment By Ramzy Baroud The Israeli ‘Right’, as demonstrated by a scary coalition of rightwing nationalists, ultranationalists and religious zealots, ... More >>
Next Onslaught in Gaza
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 2:38 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Next Onslaught in Gaza: Why the Status Quo Is a Precursor for War By Ramzy Baroud It is not true that only three wars have taken place since Hamas won parliamentary elections in 2006 in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Other wars that were deemed ... More >>
Gaza Speaks: This Is What the Decade-long Siege Has Done
Monday, 1 February 2016, 2:27 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Gaza Speaks: This Is What the Decade-long Siege Has Done to Us By Ramzy Baroud (With reporting from Yousef Aljamal in Gaza.) More >>
The Complex Reality of ‘Home’ for Palestinians
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 2:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Defined by Nakba and Exile: The Complex Reality of ‘Home’ for Palestinians By Ramzy Baroud More >>
The Compelling Memoirs of Ali Abumghasib
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 11:28 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Compelling Memoirs of Ali Abumghasib By Ramzy Baroud Ali Abumghasib knows little about the current intrigues of the Fatah Movement, or, perhaps, he is just not interested. Although he has dedicated most of his life fighting within its ranks, he never saw ... More >>
Hungry Warrior: The Untold Story of Hana Shalabi
Thursday, 17 December 2015, 11:59 am | Ramzy Baroud
Throughout her hunger strike, that of exactly 47 days, Hana Shalabi never slept consistently for a number of hours. In the first few days of her strike, she would doze off only to wake up with the sudden fear that someone was trying to hurt her. More >>
Open Rafah Now
Friday, 11 December 2015, 4:55 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Open Rafah Now: Siege on Gaza is a Cruel and Political Failure By Ramzy Baroud When Egypt decided to open the Rafah border crossing which separates it from Gaza for two days, December 3 and 4, a sense of guarded relief was felt in the impoverished ... More >>
Rohingya and the Burmese Generals
Friday, 20 November 2015, 11:50 am | Ramzy Baroud
Rohingya and the Burmese Generals: How to Forge a Democracy and Get Away with It By Ramzy Baroud Writing in the New York Times in an article entitled, " Myanmar Generals Set the State for Their Own Exit ", Thomas Fuller expressed his and ... More >>
Remaking the Middle East
Thursday, 12 November 2015, 10:45 am | Ramzy Baroud
Remaking the Middle East: How the US Grew Tired and Less Irrelevant By Ramzy Baroud More >>
Co-existence with Apartheid? J K Rowling Owes Apology
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 10:52 am | Ramzy Baroud
Co-existence with Apartheid? J K Rowling Owes Palestinians an Apology, Not an Explanation By Ramzy Baroud More >>
Confronting the Obvious Truth
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 12:08 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Saeb Erekat is an enigmatic character. Despite minimal popularity among Palestinians, he is omnipresent, appears regularly on television and speaks with the moral authority of an accomplished leader whose legacy is rife with accolades and an astute, unwavering ... More >>
Recasting the Rules over Palestine
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 1:11 pm | Ramzy Baroud
My first stop, after living for 22 years in a refugee camp in Gaza, was the city of Seattle, a pleasant, green city, where people drink too much coffee to cope with the long, cold, grey winters. There, for the first time, I stood before an audience ... More >>
Of Course, It is an Intifada: This is What You Must Know
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 2:36 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Of Course, It is an Intifada: This is What You Must Know By Ramzy Baroud More >>
Listen to Syrians
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 11:25 am | Ramzy Baroud
Imagine the Syrian war from the point of view of ordinary Syrians from a variety of backgrounds. They are most likely to offer a different perspective and to hold entirely different expectations than most other parties involved. More >>
Seven Points Not on the Arab Media Agenda
Monday, 5 October 2015, 3:43 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It has been recently announced that Arab ‘media experts’ plan to ‘celebrate’ Arab Media Day on April 21, 2016. The theme for the first day, of what is meant to be an annual tradition, is: “The Role of the (Arab) Media in Combatting Terrorism”. More >>
Huffington Post Arabic Absurdity
Saturday, 12 September 2015, 2:59 pm | Ramzy Baroud
What does it mean to be a ‘liberal Arab’? Even in the West, definitions of the ‘liberal’ vary. More >>
'Islamic State' Pretence and the Upcoming Wars in Libya
Saturday, 29 August 2015, 11:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
Another war is in the making in Libya: the questions are ‘how’ and ‘when’? While the prospect of another military showdown is unlikely to deliver Libya from its current security upheaval and political conflict, it is likely to change the ... More >>
The Rise and Fall of Arab Revolutionary Discourse
Saturday, 15 August 2015, 12:36 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Strange how intellectual discussion concerning the so-called “Arab Spring” has almost entirely shifted in recent years - from one concerning freedom, justice, democracy and rights in general, into a political wrangle between various antagonist camps. More >>
