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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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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 >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Shiite Power Struggle
Saturday, 8 September 2007, 3:43 pm | Ramzy Baroud
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US Arabs and Muslims: Search for Common Identity
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 10:56 am | Ramzy Baroud
As the security check line began moving slowly at Washington Dulles airport, one passenger standing a few steps ahead of me appeared particularly uneasy. His dark skin, long beard, trimmed moustache, prayer spot centered on his forehead, and overall ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Opportunism Trumps in Palestine
Monday, 27 August 2007, 10:21 am | Ramzy Baroud
The rash and self-defeatist behaviour emanating from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his close circle in the West Bank cannot possibly be intended for the benefit of the Palestinian people or for their internationally sanctioned struggle ... More >>
The Art of War: Democracy and Public Relations
Sunday, 19 August 2007, 5:55 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It is Edward Bernays who fine-tuned the art of public relations in the 20th century. Using many of the psychoanalytic theories put forward by his uncle Sigmund Freud, he developed a mastery of public manipulation, suggesting that such manipulation ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: A Palestinian Miracle at the UN?
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 11:46 am | Ramzy Baroud
Since the foundation of the United Nations' Security Council, the Palestinians did not manage to have any kind of sway that would allow them to block or amend a proposed resolution in any meaningful way. More >>
Alberto Gonzales and the Coup Against Democracy
Saturday, 4 August 2007, 4:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The name of Alberto Gonzales is rapidly becoming synonymous with all that has gone wrong under the Bush administration. Repeated media discussions of the US Secretary of State in the most contentious tones have served to lay the blame for all the ailments ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Bush's Real Agenda in Palestine
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 5:23 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The Hamas government crackdown on Mohamed Dahlan's corrupt security forces and affiliated gangs in the Gaza Strip in June appears to mark a turning point in the Bush administration's foreign policy regarding Palestine and Israel. The supposed shift, however, is nothing ... More >>
Bush’s War Policy: When Time Heals Nothing
Monday, 23 July 2007, 10:57 am | Ramzy Baroud
The news of recent weeks emanating from Washington and Baghdad point to one clear, if not final, conclusion: The Bush administration's adventures in Iraq have been a complete failure. More >>
Alternative Media: Free Speech is Still Possible
Monday, 16 July 2007, 7:56 pm | Ramzy Baroud
To speak of an alternative media is to acknowledge the deficiency of the prevailing media, the mainstream, in addressing the issues, catering to the concerns, and responding to the woes of the general public, the overwhelming majority of people who are almost ... More >>
Palestinian Left: Lost Opportunity for Relevance
Monday, 9 July 2007, 8:51 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When Hamas members were elected as the majority bloc of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and as it became apparent that a US-led international embargo would be an adjoining price to that victory, I contacted many intellectuals and writers in Palestine, ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Democracy Defeated
Monday, 25 June 2007, 5:01 pm | Ramzy Baroud
All my forewarnings have suddenly been actualised, all at once: Gaza has descended into total and utter chaos; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has capitulated to Israel and to the United States without a shred of reservation; and the Palestinian ... More >>
War Foretold: Mark Twain and the Sins of Our Race
Monday, 18 June 2007, 2:27 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When I resorted to Mark Twain’s writings I attempted to escape, at least temporarily from my often distressing readings on war, politics and terror. But his “The Mysterious Stranger”, although published 1916, still left me with an eerie feel. The imaginative ... More >>
War Foretold: Mark Twain and the Sins of Our Race
Sunday, 17 June 2007, 9:41 pm | Ramzy Baroud
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities," -- Mark Twain More >>
