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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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Ramzy Baroud: People's Power In Gaza
Monday, 4 February 2008, 11:07 am | Ramzy Baroud
In a radio interview prior to the US invasion of Iraq, David Barsamian asked Noam Chomsky what ordinary Americans could do to stop the war. Chomsky answered, "In some parts of the world people never ask, 'what can we do?' They simply do it." More >>
Ramzy Baroud: US Elections: Just Like the Movies
Sunday, 13 January 2008, 8:55 am | Ramzy Baroud
The United States political process bears an uncanny resemblance to mainstream filmmaking. Elections and speeches are scripted to the letter, politicians put on a tirelessly rehearsed act, catering endlessly to the whims of the target audience. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Iraq Charade
Monday, 7 January 2008, 9:45 am | Ramzy Baroud
In recent months, we have been inundated by media reports bringing good news from Iraq, with countless testimonials to the great improvement in security enjoyed by the country in general and the Baghdad area in particular. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Machiavellian Musharraf
Tuesday, 1 January 2008, 9:24 am | Ramzy Baroud
The US administration and Congress are likely to clash over the best ways to control Pakistan, to ensure Pakistan's continuous cooperation in the US 'war on terror'. The resulting US foreign policy posture is likely to affect changes. More >>
Politicizing Gaza’s Misery
Sunday, 23 December 2007, 2:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The intense debate over Gaza is subsiding as the status quo is, predictably, delineated by those with the bigger guns. But to what extent can human suffering be politicized, turned into an intellectual polemic that fails to affect the simplest change in people’s ... More >>
On Romney, Mormonism and Islam
Monday, 17 December 2007, 3:30 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s speech on December 6th - in which he tried to ‘explain’ his Mormon faith - was met with a mostly sympathetic reception at George Bush Library in Texas. More >>
The True Aim of Annapolis, and Why It Failed
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
The US-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland was neither a success nor failure, if one accepts that its so-called objective was indeed ‘peacemaking’. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Demoralisation and Absence
Monday, 3 December 2007, 11:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
A once profound and widely read commentator recently claimed he no longer writes about the Palestine/Israel conflict because "Palestinians are killing each other". Feeling his words have ceased to carry weight he simply decided not "to take ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: A Matter of Opinion
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 12:59 am | Ramzy Baroud
What do an organic farmer from Spain, a union worker activist from Brazil, and a human rights scholar living in London have in common? They are all individuals who affect substantive change in their communities, and they are also individuals who ... More >>
Somalia: What the News Failed to Report
Monday, 19 November 2007, 12:45 am | Ramzy Baroud
The people of Somalia are enduring yet another round of suffering as Ethiopian forces wreck havoc in the capital, Mogadishu. Apparently in response to an attack on one of its units, and the dragging of a soldier’s mutilated body through the city’s ... More >>
Peace and Democracy must go Hand in Hand
Monday, 12 November 2007, 11:07 am | Ramzy Baroud
After years of marked absence, the Bush administration has finally decided to upgrade its involvement in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The announcement of a Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland has raised red flags for anyone who ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: A Case for Arab Dignity
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 2:25 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The ongoing socio-economic and political ills that mar potential progress in Middle Eastern countries can largely be attributed to the ill-defined foreign policy of the United States. Utterly desperate situations have arisen whereby US clients rule ... More >>
Controlling the Debate on Palestine, Israel
Sunday, 28 October 2007, 12:47 am | Ramzy Baroud
The last time I spoke publicly in the United States before my current tour was nearly four years ago. During this time I had travelled the world, passing my message to people in nearly 20 countries. Wherever I went, my calls for justice for the Palestinian ... More >>
Controlling the Debate on Palestine, Israel
Thursday, 25 October 2007, 12:21 am | Ramzy Baroud
The last time I spoke publicly in the United States before my current tour was nearly four years ago. During this time I had travelled the world, passing my message to people in nearly 20 countries. Wherever I went, my calls for justice for the Palestinian ... More >>
Why Burma is Not Iraq
Saturday, 13 October 2007, 6:38 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The 2003 invasion of Iraq has enabled two important realisations. First, that imperial powers act only to preserve their interests, and second, that humanitarian intervention -- i.e. humanitarian imperialism -- is touted and encouraged by the media and official ... More >>
Haider Abdul-Shafi: Passing Undefeated
Sunday, 7 October 2007, 7:38 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The recent death of Haider Abdul-Shafi could not have come at a worse time. Bearing in mind the grim shortcomings of the Palestinian leadership and the lack of any serious attempt to rectify the situation, the loss of this unique and iconic leader feels ... More >>
Lebanon and Syria: The Politics of Assassination
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 9:06 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The assassination of Lebanese politician Antoine Ghanem on September 19 is likely to be used, predictably, to further US and Israeli interests in the region. Most Western and some Arab media have industriously argued that Syria is the greatest ... More >>
David and Goliath: Palestinian Artist Spreads Hope
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 4:42 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When one commits to the life of an active citizen, spending their hours days and years reading and writing about current events, it becomes a daily struggle to overcome the cynicism that chases after you with the despairing headlines marking each newspaper ... More >>
Racism and War: Overcoming Us and Them
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 11:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Racism is, among many things, convenient. It provides simplified, definite and ready-to-serve answers to complex and compounded questions. Racists, in turn, come from all walks of life; their motivation and the root causes behind their contemptible views of ... More >>
September 11: Relevant Questions
Monday, 17 September 2007, 6:25 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Osama bin Laden has once again managed to occupy the stage and to insist on his relevance to the story of September 11, 2001. In his most recent video message, released by Reuters a few days before the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York ... More >>
