• June 28, 2026
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Articles

Europe and the Middle East: Will EU Be a More Just Mediator?

By RAMZY BAROUD Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to play a larger part in the Middle East’s […]

Life after Bush: Forecasting Peace in Palestine

By RAMZY BAROUD President Bush sounded much less uncertain of his peace "vision" when he received Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas […]

Marathon for Children: Running for the Right to Play

By RAMZY BAROUD I was ecstatic as I read an email sent by a manager at a Canadian toy company. […]

Palestinian Economy: From Bad to Wretched

By RAMZY BAROUD The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian economy is […]

Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?

By RAMZY BAROUD Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when […]

The Syria-Israel Peace Gambit

By RAMZY BAROUD Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, […]

Global Realignment: How Bush Inspired a New World Order

By RAMZY BAROUD The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined […]

Olympic Follies and Triumphs

By RAMZY BAROUD To run a full marathon experts suggest that the aspiring athlete requires at least six months of […]

The Saakashvili Experiment

By RAMZY BAROUD Just as the world’s attention was focussed on China’s Beijing Olympics, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, on 7 […]

United by Misery: Two Boys from Gaza and Nilin

By RAMZY BAROUD Ahmed Moussa was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Mohamed […]

Obama Joins the Club

By RAMZY BAROUD The exit of Bush from the White House is already anticipated in the Arab region with sighs […]

ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo’s Justice

By RAMZY BAROUD The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan […]

How a Tiny Village Took on the Zionist Militants

By RAMZY BAROUD For some folks interested in genealogy, tracing one’s roots is a stimulating activity. It’s immensely interesting and […]

Journalistic Imperatives: Saying What Others Mightn’t

By RAMZY BAROUD The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests […]

Why Should Barack Obama’s Religion Matter?

By RAMZY BAROUD Whether Barack Obama is or, at one point, was a Muslim should be a trivial matter in […]

Palestine in the American Imagination: Religion, Politics and Media

By RAMZY BAROUD Abstract: A study of the political, religious and cultural factors underlying the pro-Israeli bias apparent in the […]

On Humiliation, and Gaza’s Dying Children

By RAMZY BAROUD A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the […]

Legalizing Occupation: Bush’s Last Manoeuvre in Iraq

By RAMZY BAROUD When US forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an […]

Engaging Syria: Losing Ground

By RAMZY BAROUD On 15 May, President Bush gave a speech before the Israeli Knesset decrying "radicals and terrorists" (basically […]

John Hagee’s Not-So-Bright Vision

By RAMZY BAROUD The recent uproar surrounding Pastor John Hagee is only remarkable in the sense that it took so […]