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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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’Permanent’ Despair: Did Egypt Really Open Rafah Crossing?
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 1:15 pm | Ramzy Baroud
For most Palestinians, leaving Gaza through Egypt is as exasperating a process as entering it. Governed by political and cultural sensitivities, most Palestinian officials and public figures refrain from criticizing the way Palestinians are treated at the ... More >>
One Missile, One Playground: The Will of Gaza
Friday, 10 June 2011, 12:45 pm | Ramzy Baroud
A “Hamas commander” drove a beat-up gray van in northern Gaza and theatrically spoke on his walkie-talkie as I sat in the passenger seat. The van was almost barren, save for the most basic equipment propelling it to move forward over the bumpy roads ... More >>
Crushed Ice in Nuseirat: My Gaza Refugee Camp Revisited
Friday, 3 June 2011, 1:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The population of the Gaza Strip has grown significantly, as has poverty. Surrounded and besieged by Israel, 1.6 million people living in 360 square kilometers (139 square miles) are now exploiting every inch of this tiny and continually shrinking space. ... More >>
Welcome to Gaza: Revolution and Change at the Rafah Border
Saturday, 28 May 2011, 5:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The Palestinian security officer at the Rafah border was overly polite. He wore a black uniform and walked around self-assuredly, as he instructed weary travelers on their next moves before being allowed back into Gaza. On the other side of the ... More >>
Unity is Not Compromise: Towards a Real Palestinian Strategy
Friday, 27 May 2011, 1:23 pm | Ramzy Baroud
As the Palestine Papers demonstrated, the major obstacle to a real, lasting and just peace in Palestine is the Israeli leadership's unwillingness to accept anything less than full domination over the Palestinians. Not only do Israeli leaders refuse to ... More >>
Unity is Not Compromise: Towards a Real Palestinian Strategy
Friday, 20 May 2011, 12:01 pm | Ramzy Baroud
As the Palestine Papers demonstrated, the major obstacle to a real, lasting and just peace in Palestine is the Israeli leadership's unwillingness to accept anything less than full domination over the Palestinians. Not only do Israeli leaders refuse to ... More >>
Gaza Marathon: A Race for Freedom and Summer Camps
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 12:23 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Nader al-Masri is an inspiration. The 31-year-old Gaza athlete seems completely oblivious to challenges that would seem insurmountable to most. On May 5th, he led a small pack of nine runners into the finish line of Gaza’s first marathon. Behind them, ... More >>
Palestinian Unity and the New Middle East
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 4:25 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the Hamas-Fatah deal in Cairo was both swift and predictable. “The Palestinian Authority must choose either peace with Israel or peace with Hamas. There is no possibility for peace with both,” ... More >>
US Rethinks Strategy: War as Opportunity in Libya
Friday, 29 April 2011, 10:50 am | Ramzy Baroud
The brutality of Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafi, and his refusal to concede power, is costing Libya much more than innocent lives. The country is now also facing a possible loss of future independence and sovereignty. From its early days, the Libyan ... More >>
Staying Human: The Heroic Legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 1:11 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“Dear Mary,” wrote Italian justice activist Vittorio Arrigoni to a friend. “Do you (know who) will be on the boats?... I’m still in Gaza, waiting for you. I will be at the boat to greet you. Stay human. Vik.” More >>
Israel's War on Palestinian Memory
Monday, 11 April 2011, 12:18 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian citizens of Israel must have been proud of the fact that their collective tenacity always proved stronger than any Israeli attempt at dislocating them from their rightful historical narrative. Now, they are being told to cease and desist ... More >>
For the Love of Egypt: When Besieged Palestinians Danced
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 10:51 am | Ramzy Baroud
A dear friend of mine from Gaza told me that he hadn’t slept for days. “I am so worried about Egypt, I have only been feeding on cigarettes and coffee.” My friend and I talked for hours that day in early February. We talked about Tahrir ... More >>
Natural Flow of History: Hamas Should Rethink Charter
Friday, 25 March 2011, 1:52 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,” wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (British Guardian, March 16). The process of naturalization is now underway in the region Davutoglu refused to describe as the Middle East (arguing ... More >>
Civil Society and Palestine: Growing Power of the Ordinary
Monday, 21 March 2011, 6:45 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The global boycott movement (BDS) and other related campaigns were aimed at exposing Israeli transgressions against the Palestinian people and galvanizing international solidarity. What is so uplifting to see now is how their achievements have far surpassed ... More >>
Civil Society and Palestine
Friday, 18 March 2011, 11:05 am | Ramzy Baroud
The global boycott movement (BDS) and other related campaigns were aimed at exposing Israeli transgressions against the Palestinian people and galvanizing international solidarity. What is so uplifting to see now is how their achievements have far surpassed ... More >>
A Neoconservative ‘Shock and Awe’: The Rise of the Arabs
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 11:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
A pervading sense of awe seems to be engulfing Arab societies everywhere. What is underway in the Arab world is greater than simply revolution in a political or economic sense– it is, in fact, shifting the very self-definition of what it means to be ... More >>
Mixed Messages: Arabs Challenge Israeli Hasbara
Friday, 4 March 2011, 10:53 am | Ramzy Baroud
When the Libyan people took on their reviled dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, Israeli officials seemed puzzled by the alarming and unprecedented trend of popular awakenings in the Arab world. Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has claimed that these ... More >>
Till September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 10:35 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that dramatic changes are underway in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is part of a strategy intended to offset any public dissatisfaction ... More >>
‘From the Gulf to the Ocean’: The Middle East is Changing
Friday, 18 February 2011, 1:46 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Now that the Egyptian people have finally wrestled their freedom from the hands of a very stubborn regime, accolades to the revolution are pouring in from all directions. Even those who initially sided with Hosni Mubarak’s regime, or favored a neutral ... More >>
Hurriya is Arabic for Freedom: Just Listen to Egypt Roar
Friday, 18 February 2011, 1:18 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“Just listen to that roar,” urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, fists pumped, against hundreds of armed Egyptian security forces. What a roar it was, indeed. The protests have shown the world that ... More >>
