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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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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 >>
Palestinian Bubble and the Burning of Toddler Ali Dawabsha
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 10:50 am | Ramzy Baroud
One-and-a-half year old Ali Saad Dawabsha became the latest victim of Israeli violence on July 31. He was burnt to death. Other members of his family were also severely burnt in a Jewish settlers’ attack on their home in the village of Duma, near Nablus, ... More >>
Darker Horizons Ahead: Rethinking the War on ‘IS’
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 3:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
As much of the Middle East sinks deeper into division between competing political camps, the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (‘IS’) continues its unhindered march towards a twisted version of a Muslim caliphate. Many thousands have lost their lives, ... More >>
A Chance for Arab-Iranian Reconciliation
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 8:45 am | Ramzy Baroud
“The Americans have taken the Shia Muslim side in the Middle East’s sectarian war,” declared Robert Fisk in the “Independent” newspaper on July 15, a day after the US and five major world powers reached a landmark agreement with Iran about ... More >>
The Logic of Life and Death in Gaza
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 2:26 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Another row is brewing between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, over the release of Avraham Mengitsu, an Israeli citizen who, according to Israeli military sources, ‘slipped into Gaza’ on September 7, 2014. More >>
No ‘Crisis in Islam’: Just Apathy of So-called ‘Historians’
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 11:01 am | Ramzy Baroud
On the “ BBC This Week ” program, historian Tom Holland labored to counter the argument that the so-called Islamic State should not be labeled as such: “The Islamic State”. Holland’s logic in the program seemed more philosophical, concerned with ... More >>
Baskin’s Generous Offer
Monday, 6 July 2015, 10:23 am | Ramzy Baroud
It would be fair to assume that Gershon Baskin’s recent article in the Jerusalem Post - Encountering Peace: Obviously no peace now, so what then? (June 24) – is not a mere intellectual exercise aimed at finding ‘creative’ solutions to the ... More >>
The Western Left and Its Sterile ‘Field of Ideas’
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 7:55 am | Ramzy Baroud
Over the year, I realized that the term ‘left’ is not exclusive to a political ideology, but a mode of thinking championed mostly by self-tailored ‘leftist’ western intellectuals. I grew to dislike it with intensity. More >>
Just Politics: Iran, Like the Rest, Is Not Blameless
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 10:06 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When the United States government declared its war on Afghanistan in October 2001, thus taking the first step in its so-called ‘war on terror’, following the devastating attacks of September 11 earlier that year, Iran jumped on board. More >>
The Good, Bad and Uncertain about Recognizing ‘Palestine’
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 5:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
No matter what Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does, his popularity is declining . In some ways, Abbas’ threshold for popularity was really never impressive to begin with, a trend that is unlikely to change in the near future. More >>
Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide
Friday, 29 May 2015, 12:49 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide By Ramzy Baroud “Nope, nope, nope,” was Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott’s answer to the question whether his country will take in any of the nearly 8,000 Rohingya refugees stranded at sea. ... More >>
Birzeit Wins Again: Students of the West Bank Unite
Thursday, 7 May 2015, 1:15 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Birzeit Wins Again: Students of the West Bank Unite By Ramzy Baroud In November 1993, I was on a mission. At the age of 21, I wanted to change the world, starting with Birzeit University, the second largest Palestinian university in the West Bank, ... More >>
Collapse of the Obama Doctrine: Yemen War as an Opportunity?
Monday, 13 April 2015, 9:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
To suggest that the United States policies in Yemen was a ‘failure’ is an understatement. It implies that the US had at least attempted to succeed. But ‘succeed’ at what? The US drone war had no other objective aside from celebrating the elimination of ... More >>
