About Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, author, and internationally syndicated columnist. He is the Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999–present), former Managing Editor of the London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times, and former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera Online.

Baroud taught mass communication at Curtin University of Technology, Malaysia Campus. He also served as the head of Aljazeera.net English’s Research and Studies department.

Baroud is the author of six books and a contributor to many others. His latest volume, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out. His books have been translated into multiple languages, including French, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, and Malayalam, among others.

Baroud holds a Ph.D. in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter (2015). He was a Non-Resident Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2016–17). Currently, he is a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at Istanbul Zaim University (IZU).

Baroud’s work has been published in hundreds of newspapers and journals worldwide, including The Middle East Monitor, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, The International Herald Tribune, Arab News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Japan Times, The Seattle Times, CounterPunch, The Jordan Times, Al-Ahram Weekly, The Cairo Review, Asia Times, AntiWar.com, Gulf News, TRT, CommonDreams, and many other English-language publications across the Middle East. His work is regularly translated and republished in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic, and many other languages.

Baroud has contributed to and been referenced in hundreds of books and academic journals.

He is also a regular guest on numerous television and radio programs, including RT, TRT, Al Jazeera, CNN International, BBC, ABC Australia, NPR, Press TV, and many other stations.

Baroud’s books include Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion (Cune Press, Seattle, 2003), The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (Pluto Press, London, 2006), My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story (Pluto Press, London, 2010), The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story (Pluto Press, London, 2018), These Chains Will Be Broken (Clarity Press, 2020), and Our Vision for Liberation (Clarity Press, 2022). Baroud is also the co-author, with Samah Sabawi and Jehan Bseiso, of the poetry collection I Remember My Name (Novum, 2016). His books are available in French, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, and other languages.

Baroud has been a guest speaker at universities worldwide, including George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Rutgers University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Manchester, University College Dublin, Georgetown University, the University of Washington, Penn State University, the University of Kwazulu Natal, and Northwestern University (Qatar). He has also spoken at parliaments in Australia, Scotland, England, and at the French Senate. Baroud has conducted speaking tours in over 30 countries.

On February 18, 2020, Baroud was inducted as an Honorary Member into the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, NU OMEGA Chapter of Oakland University.