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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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Playgrounds for Palestine: One Marathon at a Time
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 5:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
My right knee is wrapped. My left ankle is iced. I lost the nail on my right big toe, and have about 20 blisters and a similar number of bruises on both of my feet. This doesn’t even begin to convey half of the story of the punishment that my body ... More >>
A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 12:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
At a recent conference I was repeatedly asked about the prospects for a third Palestinian uprising, or Intifada. The question, although seemingly uncomplicated, is both loaded and important, and cannot be answered in a mere two minutes or less. More >>
World Food Day: Global Crises’ Double Standards
Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 10:39 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The 25th annual World Food Day, marked on 16 October, was an occasion whose arrival and passing received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much of the world media and governments are consumed with an economic crisis of epic proportions, ... More >>
Eu. & the M. East: Will EU Be a More Just Mediator
Saturday, 18 October 2008, 5:28 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to play a larger part in the Middle East's most protracted conflict, that of Israel and Palestine. But willingness doesn't necessarily indicate readiness. More >>
VP Debate: High Time to Move Beyond Clichés
Monday, 13 October 2008, 4:56 pm | Ramzy Baroud
One should rightly assume that the weight of the US financial crisis, the full impact of which is just beginning to unravel, and the widening military debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, would compel new thinking amongst leading US politicians. And then ... More >>
Life after Bush: Forecasting Peace in Palestine
Monday, 6 October 2008, 11:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
President Bush sounded much less uncertain of his peace "vision" when he received Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on Sept. 25. Certainly much has changed since the Nov. 2007 conference in Annapolis, Maryland, where Bush and his ... More >>
Palestinian Economy: From Bad to Wretched
Monday, 29 September 2008, 8:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian economy is in one of its most wretched states, and the disaster is mostly, if not entirely manmade, thus reversible. More >>
Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?
Friday, 19 September 2008, 1:52 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going as far as studying the possibility of imposing sanctions ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Syria-Israel Peace Gambit
Monday, 15 September 2008, 12:18 am | Ramzy Baroud
Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political maturity and readiness for peace. In fact, while the discussions seemed concerned with the occupied Syrian Golan ... More >>
How Bush Inspired a New World Order
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:43 am | Ramzy Baroud
The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined with economic decline at home, might devastate the US's world standing much sooner than most analysts predict. What was difficult to foresee ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Olympic Follies and Triumphs
Friday, 29 August 2008, 3:40 pm | Ramzy Baroud
To run a full marathon experts suggest that the aspiring athlete requires at least six months of rigorous training, proper gear, a particular diet, regular check-ups, mental focus and preparation, and a variety of gadgets depending on one's budget. ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Saakashvili Experiment
Friday, 22 August 2008, 3:16 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Just as the world's attention was focussed on China's Beijing Olympics, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, on 7 August, invaded the tiny breakaway province of South Ossetia. The initial attack on the South Ossetian capital, Tskninvali, soon ... More >>
Family Politics and the New Gaza Crisis
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 5:46 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Yet more haunting images of blindfolded, stripped down Palestinian men being contemptuously dragged by soldiers in uniform from one place to another. Yet more footage of bloodied men lying on hospital beds describing their ordeals to television reporters who have ... More >>
United by Misery: Two Boys from Gaza and Nilin
Sunday, 10 August 2008, 4:33 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Ahmed Moussa was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Mohamed Bahloul is a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza City. The former was shot and killed 29 July by Israeli forces following a peaceful protest ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Obama Joins the Club
Monday, 4 August 2008, 1:53 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The exit of Bush from the White House is already anticipated in the Arab region with sighs of relief. But what is ahead under the next US president; more of the same, regardless of who wins, or change? More >>
ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo’s Justice
Sunday, 27 July 2008, 6:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbours, including Chad, which has played a dubious role in sustaining the seething conflict. Equally disgraceful is the politicising ... More >>
Revealing a Massacre, or Stating the Obvious
Monday, 21 July 2008, 11:56 am | Ramzy Baroud
For some folks interested in genealogy, tracing one's roots is a stimulating activity. It's immensely interesting and meaningful to learn where one's life started. DNA testing has made it possible to trace one's roots back many generations and there ... More >>
The Not-So-Historic Talabani-Barak Handshake
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 2:54 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Most people would not have even realised that the 23rd congress of the Socialist International was being held near Athens were it not for the moment when Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shook the hand of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. More >>
On Humiliation, and Gaza’s Dying Children
Monday, 23 June 2008, 12:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the girl was decapitated by a [tank] shell," Associated Press (AP) reported the next day. The Israeli military said the soldiers opened fire in retaliation against ... More >>
Legalizing Occupation: The Last Manoeuvre in Iraq
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 11:42 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When US forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it seemed only a matter of time before the same frenzied scenario took place in Teheran, Damascus, and elsewhere. More >>
