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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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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 >>
Ramzy Baroud: Abbas’ Terrible Dilemma
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
To the uncritical eye, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks like an ordinary statesman residing over an equally ordinary political reality. Nothing could be further from the truth. More >>
US Middle East Policy: Heedless But Unequivocal
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:32 am | Ramzy Baroud
There are no conspiracies to dissect, no hidden agendas to sort through and no oblique language to skillfully decode: the Bush administration's position on illegal Jewish colonies in the occupied Palestinian territories is crystal clear. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Gaza - The Line Of Memory & Despair
Monday, 18 April 2005, 12:33 am | Ramzy Baroud
I've known of Kassim Kafarneh for many years. His thick, wild beard is now neatly trimmed and his once unruly, black hair is combed in an orderly fashion. His spirit however is as free as the day I saw him filming in our refugee camp one Friday afternoon, ... More >>
Palestinian Struggle - Reality vs. Rhetoric
Monday, 11 April 2005, 11:17 am | Ramzy Baroud
No other national struggle in the world has assimilated itself, or has been inadvertently assimilated, to symbolize so many things to different people as has the Palestinian struggle. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s ‘Record Is Not Reassuring’
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 12:17 am | Ramzy Baroud
The main fallacy of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the last 12 years has been the complete omission or the indefinite postponement of fundamental Palestinian demands — demands sustained and cemented by international law and most ... More >>
A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Iraq Edition
Monday, 21 March 2005, 11:17 am | Ramzy Baroud
I visited Baghdad as a reporter a few years before the US invasion. There were posters and statues of the ousted President Saddam Hussein everywhere. But not one checkpoint. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Reining in Syria on Behalf of Israel
Monday, 14 March 2005, 11:40 am | Ramzy Baroud
President Bush's stern warning urging Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon once again highlights the moral duplicity practiced by the US administration in its dealings with the Middle East affairs. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Taysir Doesn’t Deserve This
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 4:55 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Al Jazeera’s correspondent Taysir Alouni is in a Madrid jail for no other reason than challenging the Western and distinctively the American narrative of the Third World. More >>
Israel Is Again Redefining the Terms of Peace
Monday, 21 February 2005, 5:44 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The recent and supposedly ‘successful’ Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt on February 8 was anything but a triumph, as far as Palestinians, the occupied party, and genuine peace-seeking Israelis are concerned. More >>
R. Baroud: How Can Arabs Influence Western Media?
Friday, 11 February 2005, 11:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
How can Arabs influence Western media, combat its inherent bias and grotesque misrepresentations of the Arab and Muslim world? More >>
The Problem with Western Democracy in the ME
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 10:55 am | Ramzy Baroud
An online poll was recently carried out by the Arabic website of Aljazeera satellite television, where well over 80 percent of voters said that they distrust ''Western democracy''. More >>
The Challenge Of Another Term With The Bush Empire
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:00 am | Ramzy Baroud
When the final vote count confirmed President George W. Bush’s re-election last November, two competing analyses were offered regarding his second term in office. More >>
Despite Elections Charade, Israel Still Holds Keys
Friday, 14 January 2005, 1:04 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The atmosphere created by the Palestinian ‘presidential’ elections was nothing but a spurious charade. It was a dishonest representation of the real problem, and unfortunately many Palestinians played along. More >>
