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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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Libyan Bedlam: General Hifter, CIA and the Unfinished Coup
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 11:28 am | Ramzy Baroud
On Friday, Feb 14, 92 prisoners escaped from their prison in the Libyan town of Zliten. 19 of them were eventually recaptured, two of whom were wounded in clashes with the guards. It was just another daily episode highlighting the utter chaos which has ... More >>
Preserving the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Abuse of Iraqi Women
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 1:54 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“When they first put the electricity on me, I gasped; my body went rigid and the bag came off my head,” Israa Salah, a detained Iraqi woman told Human Rights Watch (HRW) in her heartrending testimony. More >>
Iraq near Implosion: The ‘Bad Years’ Are Back
Thursday, 6 February 2014, 5:24 pm | Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hurried to his helicopter ready to take off at the end of a visit to Iraq last year, it was becoming clearer that the Americans have lost control of a country they wished to mold to their liking. ... More >>
Ten Principles to Guide the Young Activist
Friday, 31 January 2014, 4:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In a recent radio interview with a National Public Radio affiliate in Juneau, Alaska, I was asked if I had advice for a 16-year-old Palestinian student, Haitham. He had just arrived in the US as part of a school exchange program, and, admirably began ... More >>
US-Israel Strange but ‘Stable’ Alliance
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 5:01 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Israel is often viewed by Washington politicians as the most ‘stable’ ally in the Middle East. But stability from the American perspective can mean many things. Lead amongst them is that the ‘ally’ must be unconditionally loyal to the diktats ... More >>
On War Criminals and Heroes
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 11:06 am | Ramzy Baroud
The death of former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon enlivened US media’s interest in the legacy of a man considered by many a war criminal, and by some a hero. In fact, the supposed heroism of Sharon was at the heart of CNN coverage of his death on January ... More >>
Starving Refugees: How We Disowned Palestinians in Syria
Friday, 10 January 2014, 3:50 pm | Ramzy Baroud
A worst case scenario is unfolding in Syria, and Palestinian refugees, particularly in the Yarmouk refugee camp, are paying a heavy price for Syria’s cruelest war. They are starving, although there can be no justification, nor logistical explanation ... More >>
Starving Refugees: How We Disowned Palestinians in Syria
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 5:57 pm | Ramzy Baroud
A worst case scenario is unfolding in Syria, and Palestinian refugees, particularly in the Yarmouk refugee camp, are paying a heavy price for Syria’s cruelest war. They are starving, although there can be no justification, nor logistical explanation ... More >>
2014 : Failure of Palestinian Auth., BDS Success to Continue
Friday, 3 January 2014, 1:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
2013 was a year in which the so-called peace process charade was allowed to continue, leading Palestinians on yet another futile journey of broken promises. Meanwhile, the Israeli colonial project in the West Bank and East Jerusalem carried on unabated. ... More >>
2013: Assessing the Conflict in Syria and Egypt
Friday, 27 December 2013, 1:39 pm | Ramzy Baroud
2013 has expectedly been a terrible year for several Arab nations. It has been terrible because the promise of greater freedoms and political reforms has been reversed, most violently in some instances, by taking a few countries down the path of anarchy ... More >>
BDS: Permanent Address for Palestinian Solidarity
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 6:31 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The intellectual dishonesty of Israel’s supporters is appalling. But in some odd way, it is also understandable. How else could they respond to the massively growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign? More >>
From Middle East to Lausanne:Arabic Thoughts amidst the Alps
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 12:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Here in Switzerland, the train chugs along nicely between Geneva and Lausanne. The Alpine mountain range desperately fights to make its presence known despite the irritating persistence of low- hanging clouds. A friend had just introduced me to the music ... More >>
Impossible Dialogue: The Choice in Yemen
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 11:43 am | Ramzy Baroud
Chances are dim that elections will be held in Yemen next February. Yet without elections, the push for reforms and change that were inspired by the Yemeni revolution would become devoid of any real value. More >>
The Plot Thickens: Gaza Flooded with Sewage and Conspiracies
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 12:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The latest punishment of Gaza may seem like another familiar plot to humiliate the strip to the satisfaction of Israel, Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, and the military-controlled Egyptian government. But something far more sinister is brewing. More >>
France’s Sham Philosopher: Bernard Henri Levy and Libya
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 4:08 pm | Ramzy Baroud
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “the world’s most influential Jew”, Bernard Henri Levy is number 45, according to an article published in the Israeli rightwing newspaper the Jerusalem Post, on May 21, 2010. More >>
Why A Winning Palestinian Narrative is Hard to Find
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 5:12 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In an initially pointless exercise that lasted nearly an hour, I flipped between two Palestinian television channels, Al Aqsa TV of Hamas in Gaza and Palestine TV of Fatah in the West Bank. While both purported to represent Palestine and the Palestinians, ... More >>
Asking the Wrong Questions: Did Arab Revolutions Fail?
Friday, 8 November 2013, 5:25 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Challenging the falsehoods and simplifications that surrounded the so-called Arab Spring from the very start doesn’t necessarily mean that one is in doubt of the very notion that genuine revolutions have indeed gripped various Arab countries for ... More >>
Israel on the Lookout:Lebanon Haunted by Ghosts of Civil War
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 6:15 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Throughout the years, Lebanon’s demographics have experienced periodic influx. But particularly in the last two years, the demographic shift has been so overwhelming due to the flood of Syrian refugees in desperate need for shelter. More >>
The Sectarian War at Hand: Redrawing the Middle East Again
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 5:18 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region continues to generate. The euphoria of the so-called Arab Spring is long gone, but what remains is a region that is rich ... More >>
South vs. North: Yemen Teeters between Hope and Division
Thursday, 17 October 2013, 6:10 pm | Ramzy Baroud
On Oct 12, tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of Eden in the South of the country, mostly demanding secession from the north. The date is significant, for it marks the 1967 independence of South Yemen, ending several decades of British ... More >>
