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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: Tsunami Aid and War Costs
Friday, 14 January 2005, 12:33 am | Ramzy Baroud
The swaths of South East Asia worst hit by the tsunami on December 26 and subsequent days have long been analogous with everything cheap: cheap laborers, cheap raw materials, cheap tourist destinations, and yes, much cheaper life. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Ample Hope for a Year to Come
Saturday, 1 January 2005, 1:20 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It’s an old habit with me to sign off my messages in the days preceding the New Year by expressing: ''I pray that the coming year will bring peace and justice to our troubled world.'' More >>
How About Mustafa Barghouti As An Alternative?
Friday, 24 December 2004, 11:24 am | Ramzy Baroud
Talks about national unity among various Palestinian factions, and the ''opportunity'' that might have emerged following the sudden death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have all faded into uncertainty. What remains is the most predictable, albeit consequential ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Save The World, Not the Empire
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 10:07 am | Ramzy Baroud
If the invasion of Iraq was indeed a desperate attempt to guard the interests of the ill-defined American empire, then the experience of the last 20 months might’ve been the needed historical imperative that classically precedes the disintegration ... More >>
Merci La France: We Will Be Forever Grateful
Friday, 19 November 2004, 10:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
By honoring President Yasser Arafat, France has honored every Palestinian man, woman and child. For this we will be forever grateful. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Life Without Arafat
Monday, 8 November 2004, 5:48 pm | Ramzy Baroud
If Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's illness and unexpected departure to France represents the end of an era, as some rashly noted, it is because the absence of Arafat, even as a living symbol, is a matter of great consequence. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Stifling Absence of Arab Voice
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 12:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
I fail to come across a region in greater need of self-reflection and internal transformation than the Arab world. Yet it is as if the opposite is true. No Arab country exempt, Arab nations, led by their governments and intellectuals, continue to succumb to ... More >>
One Hundred Forty Funerals, & The Rest Is History
Monday, 18 October 2004, 12:01 am | Ramzy Baroud
A 17-day Israeli onslaught in northern Gaza left in its wake nearly 140 dead, one-third of them children. The newest tragedy to visit the impoverished strip, was neither the first, nor will it be the last. More >>
Muslims In US Elections: To Make A Vote Count
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 11:39 am | Ramzy Baroud
Muslim and Arab Americans' real salvation in the upcoming election is to vote as a bloc, and to vote for the right candidate. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Anatomy Of Palestinian Outrage
Monday, 4 October 2004, 12:07 am | Ramzy Baroud
One can only imagine the utter outrage that would engage world leaders and media if a series of Palestinian bombings rocked an Israeli town, spontaneously, and in less than four days killed 60 people and wounded hundreds, mostly innocent civilians. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Racist Discourse in Hostage Butchery
Monday, 6 September 2004, 2:49 am | Ramzy Baroud
I would’ve suggested a ‘hint of subtle racism’ and ‘unconcealed bias’ in the Chicago Sun-Times’ article, ''Arabs express rare outrage at kidnapping of French journalists.'' (Sep. 1) But I didn’t, for the article’s assessment was disturbingly true. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: My Own Hunger Strike
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 11:41 am | Ramzy Baroud
Today I will fast in solidarity with 2,800 Palestinian political prisoners currently carrying out a hunger strike in 10 Israeli jails. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Darfur's War of Definitions
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 10:36 am | Ramzy Baroud
Finally, the conflict in Darfur in western Sudan is a focal point in international diplomacy and media attention. This is the least to expect after months of bloody campaigns of murder, rape and dare I say, ethnic cleansing, starting as early as ... More >>
Palestinian Uprising Enduring Most Critical Phase
Monday, 2 August 2004, 3:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In an oversimplified gesture of a defused crisis, Palestinian Authority President, Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei kissed, hugged and raised victory signs. More >>
Wall Ruling Vindicates Law, Not Intl. Community
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 7:16 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The wait is over. The International Court of Justice at The Hague has finally ruled on Israel’s Separation Wall, kicking the ball out of its court, and into that of all major players in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But the question remains: Will the ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Blame The Culture Of War For Chaos
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 12:10 am | Ramzy Baroud
Those who predicted chaos throughout the Middle East in the case of an American war on Iraq were not the least mistaken. Their bleak prediction is coming to life. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Reform as Euphemism for Stagnation
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 1:52 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The Arab reform debacle is widening as Arab leaders fail to achieve neither a unified nor a comprehensible position on the collective future of their own countries. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Celebrating Life In Rafah
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 12:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
Rafah, Jenin, Khan Yunis, Zeitun: Foreign sounding names of so distanced and disturbing a reality. All that we know of them is what media has selectively determined to impart, if we are interested to hear the story. More >>
Iraq: A Ring of Hell of Our Own Creation
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 4:28 pm | Ramzy Baroud
''Iraqis shall covet the day when Saddam or someone like him is back in power,'' declared a colleague of mine in a dissolute coffee shop in some Arab capital. I quivered at the cruel sound of his words, yet held my peace. More >>
Reforms: The Daunting Dilemma Facing The Arabs
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 11:51 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Bush administration’s resolve on ''reforming'' the Arab world poses an entangled dilemma, at least for the Arabs. More >>
