- March 14, 2026
Articles
For the Love of Egypt: When Besieged Palestinians Danced
By Ramzy Baroud A dear friend of mine from Gaza told me that he hadn’t slept for days. "I am […]
Natural Flow of History: Hamas Should Rethink Charter
By Ramzy Baroud ‘Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,’ wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign […]
Civil Society and Palestine: The Growing Power of the Ordinary
By Ramzy Baroud The global boycott movement (BDS) and other related campaigns were aimed at exposing Israeli transgressions against the […]
A Neoconservative ‘Shock and Awe’: The Rise of the Arabs
By Ramzy Baroud A pervading sense of awe seems to be engulfing Arab societies everywhere. What is underway in the […]
Mixed Messages: Arabs Challenge Israeli Hasbara
By Ramzy Baroud When the Libyan people took on their reviled dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, Israeli officials seemed puzzled by the […]
Till September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that […]
‘From the Gulf to the Ocean’: The Middle East is Changing
By Ramzy Baroud Now that the Egyptian people have finally wrestled their freedom from the hands of a very stubborn […]
Hurriya is Arabic for Freedom: Just Listen to Egypt Roar
By Ramzy Baroud ‘Just listen to that roar,’ urged a CNN correspondent in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian protesters charged, […]
Palestine Papers: The Palestinians’ ‘Generous Offer’
By Ramzy Baroud As Palestinians are becoming increasingly confident about the authenticity of the Palestine Papers – 1,600 leaked documents […]
Tunisia: How We Got Here and the Task Ahead
By Ramzy Baroud Hunger strikes. These were the last resort for Tunisian activists as they fought against a brutal and […]
The Palestine Papers: Offering Palestine, Selling Out Its Refugees
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestine Papers had damaged whatever little credibility the Ramallah-based authority still enjoyed among Palestinians The Palestine […]
Generalizing Tunisia: Context Overrides Story
By Ramzy Baroud When faced with problems, most authoritarian regimes maintain a policy of rigidity when the appropriate response would […]
Failure of Academia: A Book Not Meant to Be Published
By Ramzy Baroud Deepak Tripathi’s most recent book, Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (Potomac Books) raises […]
Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure
By Ramzy Baroud When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years […]
Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall
By Ramzy Baroud When the Iraqi army fell before invading US and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed […]
Whitewashing Defeat: Obama’s Indecisiveness Defines His Presidency
By Ramzy Baroud He may still possess the poise of a confident leader and an eloquent intellectual, but the presidency […]
Insisting on Their Humanity: ‘The Plight of the Palestinians’
By Ramzy Baroud When a copy of William A. Cook’s latest book, The Plight of the Palestinians arrived in my […]
WikiLeaks Indicts, Vindicates U.S. Diplomats
By Ramzy Baroud The WikiLeaks vs. the US government saga started in July, when 77,000 secret US documents directly relating […]
Lebanon at Stake: Turkey Must Reveal Its Cards
By Ramzy Baroud The timing of the Turkish Prime Minister’s two-day visit to Lebanon could not be more judicious. Lebanon’s […]
More Than a Bribe: Obama Surrenders Palestinian Rights
By Ramzy Baroud The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history […]
