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Ramzy Baroud

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Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall

  • December 30, 2010, 5:16 pm
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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

  • December 23, 2010, 3:02 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud He may still possess the poise of a confident leader and an eloquent intellectual, but the presidency […]

The Plight of the Palestinians is not just another chronicle of the history of a defenseless nation. Articles

Insisting on Their Humanity: ‘The Plight of the Palestinians’

  • December 16, 2010, 4:34 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud When a copy of William A. Cook’s latest book, The Plight of the Palestinians arrived in my […]

The Iraq War Diaries resembled an unmitigated disaster for US war plans. (Photo: Zoriah.net) Articles

WikiLeaks Indicts, Vindicates U.S. Diplomats

  • December 9, 2010, 6:27 pm
  • http://arabnews.com/opinion/columns/article210513.ece

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

  • December 2, 2010, 2:39 pm
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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

  • November 25, 2010, 3:54 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud The Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history […]

Problems facing the education system in Palestine have compounded to unforeseen levels. (UNRWA) Articles

A Follow Up on My Fifth Grade Essay: Education at Gunpoint

  • November 18, 2010, 5:21 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on ‘Education and Youth’. Written with the […]

Iraqi Christians Are Already at Home

  • November 11, 2010, 3:35 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud On Sunday, October 31, when a group of militants seized a church in Baghdad, killing and wounding […]

The Middle East’s Stagnant ‘Change’

  • November 4, 2010, 6:12 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud Democracy in the Middle East continues to be a hugely popular topic of discussion. Its virtues are […]

Obama as a Salesman

  • October 28, 2010, 6:14 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to claim that the resumption of peace talks between the Israeli government […]

Teaching the Oppressed How to Fight Oppression

  • October 21, 2010, 6:35 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud An American activist once gave me a book she wrote detailing her experiences in Palestine. The largely […]

The Tide Has Changed is not meant to be a sad melody, but the sound of people marching. Articles

The Tide Has Changed: A Musical Essay and a Lesson in Humanity

  • October 14, 2010, 5:42 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud If one tried to fit music compositions into an equivalent literary style, Gilad Atzmon & The Orient […]

‘Dying to Win’: Newt Gingrich’s ‘Terrorism’

  • October 7, 2010, 4:38 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud On September 30, within the time frame of a few hours, an accused man reportedly confessed to […]

The war is not over. (Photo: Zoriah.net) Articles

Farewell to Arms: Jenny, Iraq and the Next War

  • September 30, 2010, 6:53 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud Let’s call her Jenny. Jenny was alone, and clearly confused. Her face was dotted with acne, and […]

Why Mitchell Said ‘No’: Hamas is Not Ready to be ‘Engaged’

  • September 23, 2010, 6:36 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that […]

Regarding US Muslims: A Misguided Debate

  • September 16, 2010, 3:47 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud Laurie Goodstein’s article, ‘American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?’ was intended as a sympathetic reading of […]

The Photo before the Storm: Peace Talks Already Failed

  • September 9, 2010, 10:50 pm
  • http://arabnews.com/opinion/columns/article129639.ece

By Ramzy Baroud A picture is not always worth a thousand words. The recently released photographs of Palestinian and Israeli […]

Wiles does not attempt to assemble the perfect, heroic and infallible character of the Palestinian. Articles

Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality

  • September 2, 2010, 8:20 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book – or any […]

Rebranding Iraq: Playing with Numbers and Human Lives

  • August 26, 2010, 4:48 pm
  • http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LH25Ak02.html

By Ramzy Baroud The soldiers of the US 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division hollered as they made their way […]

Trapped at Ground Zero

  • August 19, 2010, 6:15 pm
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By Ramzy Baroud The controversy over the right of Muslim Americans to build community center and mosque a short distance […]