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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: Rhetoric and Reality of War
Monday, 3 October 2005, 12:46 am | Ramzy Baroud
One of the earliest philosophers to wrangle with the blurred relationship between language and reality was the Buddhist Nagarjuna. He contested that reality is constructed by language as opposed to language essentially imitating reality. More >>
Covering Katrina: How Media Control Faltered
Thursday, 22 September 2005, 12:21 am | Ramzy Baroud
“Katrina Rekindles Adversarial Media,” read a title of one USA Today article, in reference to the deadly hurricane, which struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, and the media’s purportedly gutsy coverage of the government failures. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Perils of Normalization With Israel
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 10:19 am | Ramzy Baroud
There should be no doubt regarding the centrality and intensity of the relationship between the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the internal and external politics of Arab and Muslim nations, regardless of their geographic immediacy and level of involvement. ... More >>
Israel's Successful Use Of The Art Of Realpolitik
Monday, 12 September 2005, 11:25 am | Ramzy Baroud
Many lessons can be drawn from the observation of Israeli dominion over the Palestinians in the past fifty-five years, most notably the audacious mandate of institutionalized violence. More >>
Pat Robertson Doesn’t Just Speak for Himself
Monday, 5 September 2005, 11:41 am | Ramzy Baroud
The comments made by Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson calling for the assassination of the popular and democratically elected Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are repellent, nonetheless customary of a confused man who has purposely swapped the compassionate ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Power of The Ordinary
Monday, 29 August 2005, 3:27 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Cindy Sheehan, a grieving mother of 24-year-old son Casey, killed only days after joining his army unit in Iraq — is an ordinary woman with extraordinary bearings. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Disengagement That Isn’t
Monday, 22 August 2005, 2:35 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It is rather curious how the Palestinian Authority opted to get engaged in a process that was solely aimed at excluding it, and how the debate has completely shifted from Israel’s real motives to internal Palestinian quarrels over post-withdrawal ... More >>
Blaming the Mosques For the Sins of Governments
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 7:27 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud writes that the deadly terror attacks in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheik Red Sea resort in July and the earlier October 2004 bombings at two other Red Sea resorts seem to have disrupted the consistency of the rationale that links the current terrorism ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Just Who's Emboldening Terrorism?
Monday, 1 August 2005, 1:40 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Since the onset of the Bush administration's ill-defined mission and subsequent "long, long war on terror", the American people, even the whole world, have fallen victim to an utterly flawed, yet barely contested voice of reason. Despite the Vietnam-like ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Barbaric But Not Unexpected
Monday, 25 July 2005, 12:47 am | Ramzy Baroud
Barbaric. There is hardly any other term that is capable of depicting the murder of over 50 people and the wounding of hundreds more during London’s rush hour on July 7. Unexpected, however is the least relevant term. More >>
Sharon’s Disengagement & Unlearned History Lessons
Monday, 11 July 2005, 8:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
There is little in argument that the second Palestinian Uprising is effectively terminated, despite the fact that the causes which led to it remain in place. This claim does not deny the looming prospects of a third revolt, nor does it undermine the unbroken ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Arab Media Reinvented Yet Unchanged
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 12:10 am | Ramzy Baroud
One cannot effectively address the intricate subject of political, social and economic reforms anywhere in the world, without unwittingly stumbling on issues of relevance to freedom of speech and the sovereignty of the media. A free media is both a requisite ... More >>
Washington’s Prospective Policy in the Middle East
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 3:52 pm | Ramzy Baroud
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s highly publicized tour in the Middle East, Asia and Europe carried with it little or no surprises. But even then, one must not altogether write off the possibility of some lessons to be learned, even if indirectly. More >>
EU States Also Need To Deal with Israel
Monday, 27 June 2005, 11:08 am | Ramzy Baroud
Hamas' electoral success since the first round of local elections in Gaza in December has signaled a dramatic shift in the way the movement is perceived both nationally and internationally. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Shared Destiny, Shared Defiance
Monday, 20 June 2005, 11:03 am | Ramzy Baroud
They say that if you don’t learn from history, you will be condemned to repeat it. This could not be truer when one contrasts the destinies of the Native Americans and the Palestinian people. The determination and defiance of both groups, under ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: France: No to Neo Liberalism
Monday, 13 June 2005, 12:12 am | Ramzy Baroud
France's unyielding repudiation of the proposed European Union constitution is a resounding reminder that the populace still possesses the power to defy political elitism with all of its economic dogmas; neo-liberalism being one of them. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: My Grandpa’s Right of Return
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 11:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy, I must admit it, it’s so hard being a Palestinian these days.." That’s how a friend of mine, a dedicated individual who is spending her days and years advocating justice for the Palestinian people, ended a distressing message to me a few months ... More >>
Muslim Lives are Desecrated, Not Just Their Book
Monday, 30 May 2005, 4:27 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The reported desecration of the Quran by US guards at the infamous Guantanamo prison, as originally reported by Newsweek on May 9, 2005, was not - as it should’ve been - an opportunity for a thorough examination of US army practices, and thus human ... More >>
R: Baroud: Battling the Windmills While Iraq Burns
Monday, 23 May 2005, 11:08 am | Ramzy Baroud
Cast aside the nonsensical rhetoric about U.S. President George W. Bush's ostensibly successful efforts to bolster democratic tendencies "sweeping" the Middle East, and you'll discover that the facts are not so rosy, with Iraq remaining the most horrific ... More >>
The Palestinian Uprising: A Force To Reckon With
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 11:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
Nearly five years have passed since the Palestinian people transformed their hunger for long denied rights into a commanding display of will and valor: Al-Aqsa Intifada. I don’t claim nor will I attempt to offer a thorough examination of the second Intifada, ... More >>
