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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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Failure of Academia: Book that Wasn't Meant to Be Published
Friday, 14 January 2011, 10:44 am | Ramzy Baroud
Deepak Tripathi’s most recent book, Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (Potomac Books) raises several issues, both within and outside of its content. It is based on research for his doctoral dissertation, the qualification ... More >>
Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure
Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years ago, Palestinians everywhere were enthralled. They held onto his every word during the Palestinian National Council (PNC) session in ... More >>
Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure
Friday, 7 January 2011, 2:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years ago, Palestinians everywhere were enthralled. They held onto his every word during the Palestinian National Council (PNC) session in ... More >>
Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall
Friday, 31 December 2010, 1:00 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When the Iraqi army fell before invading US and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed to be accomplished. But nearly eight years after the start of a war intended to shock and awe a whole population into submission, the Iraqi people continue ... More >>
Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall
Friday, 31 December 2010, 11:49 am | Ramzy Baroud
When the Iraqi army fell before invading US and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed to be accomplished. But nearly eight years after the start of a war intended to shock and awe a whole population into submission, the Iraqi people continue ... More >>
Whitewashing Defeat: Obama’s Indecisiveness Him
Friday, 31 December 2010, 11:44 am | Ramzy Baroud
He may still possess the poise of a confident leader and an eloquent intellectual, but the presidency of Barack Obama is now suffering its most difficult phase to date. Certainly, Obama cannot solely be blamed for all the factors that have stifled his ... More >>
Insisting on Their Humanity: The Plight of the Palestinians
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:49 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When a copy of William A. Cook’s latest book, The Plight of the Palestinians arrived in my mailbox, I initially felt a little worried. The volume, featuring the work of over 30 accomplished writers, is the most articulate treatise on the collective ... More >>
Lebanon at Stake: Turkey Must Reveal Its Cards
Friday, 3 December 2010, 3:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The timing of the Turkish Prime Minister’s two-day visit to Lebanon could not be more judicious. Lebanon’s enemies have been banging the drums of war louder than ever before. All the malevolent plans hatched following the assassination of Lebanon’s ... More >>
More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 10:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history so far, surpassing even the rightwing policies of President George W. Bush. Even those who warned against the overt optimism which accompanied Obama’s ... More >>
More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
Friday, 26 November 2010, 9:42 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history so far, surpassing even the rightwing policies of President George W. Bush. More >>
A Follow Up on My Fifth Grade Essay: Education at Gunpoint
Friday, 19 November 2010, 10:52 am | Ramzy Baroud
I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on “Education and Youth”. Written with the occasional aid of my father, and dotted with clichés, it might have read something like this: More >>
Baghdad Massacre: Iraqi Christians Are At Home
Monday, 15 November 2010, 11:33 am | Ramzy Baroud
On Sunday, October 31, when a group of militants seized a church in Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of Iraqi Christians, it signaled yet another episode of unimaginable horror in the country since the US invasion of March 2003. Every group of Iraqis ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Conned by Democracy
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 5:24 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Democracy in the Middle East continues to be a hugely popular topic of discussion. Its virtues are tirelessly praised by rulers and oppositions alike, by intellectuals and ordinary people, by political prisoners and their prison guards. Yet, in actuality, ... More >>
Such is the Peace Process: Obama as a Salesman
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 1:24 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to claim that the resumption of peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have thus far yielded nothing of value, at least not as far as settling the decades-long struggle. More >>
Teaching the Oppressed How to Fight Oppression
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 11:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
An American activist once gave me a book she wrote detailing her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey of the occupied West Bank, rife with barbered wires, checkpoints, soldiers and tanks. It also highlighted how Palestinians ... More >>
A Musical Essay and a Lesson in Humanity
Sunday, 17 October 2010, 2:19 pm | Ramzy Baroud
If one tried to fit music compositions into an equivalent literary style, Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble’s latest release would come across as a most engaging political essay: persuasive, argumentative, rational, original, imaginative and always ... More >>
‘Dying to Win’: Newt Gingrich’s ‘Terrorism’
Friday, 8 October 2010, 8:00 pm | Ramzy Baroud
On September 30, within the time frame of a few hours, an accused man reportedly confessed to terrorism charges in Germany, the terrorism threat level was raised in Sweden, and former US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich lengthily discussed ‘suicidal ... More >>
Farewell to Arms: Jenny, Iraq and the Next War
Monday, 4 October 2010, 10:29 am | Ramzy Baroud
Let’s call her Jenny. Jenny was alone, and clearly confused. Her face was dotted with acne, and her short, blond hair was stiff at the ends. As the Skyline train sped towards the next destination, she stood ‘at attention’ in her military fatigue ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Why Mitchell Said ‘No’
Friday, 24 September 2010, 4:44 pm | Ramzy Baroud
One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that Hamas is accountable to a much more complex set of priorities and expectations. While Fatah is effortlessly co-opted, Hamas remains confined by ideological standards ... More >>
Regarding US Muslims: A Misguided Debate
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 1:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Laurie Goodstein’s article, ‘American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?’ was intended as a sympathetic reading of the concerns of US Muslim communities facing increasing levels of hostility and fear. While generally insightful and sensibly ... More >>
