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Ramzy Baroud

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Lebanon and Syria: The Politics of Assassination

  • October 1, 2007, 8:20 am

By RAMZY BAROUD The assassination of Lebanese politician Antoine Ghanem on September 19 is likely to be used, predictably, to […]

Convenient Racism: The ‘Us’, ‘Them’ and ‘Non’ Factors

  • September 20, 2007, 11:35 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD Racism is, among many things, convenient. It provides simplified, definite and ready-to-serve answers to complex and compounded […]

September 11: Relevant Questions

  • September 11, 2007, 5:48 pm
  • September 11: Relevant Questions

By RAMZY BAROUD Osama bin Laden has once again managed to occupy the stage and to insist on his relevance […]

The Shiite Power Struggle: Hardly Good News for US in Iraq

  • September 7, 2007, 10:40 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD The decision made by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to halt his Mahdi Army’s attacks on occupation forces […]

US Arabs and Muslims: The Search for Common Identity

  • September 3, 2007, 4:28 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD As the security check line began moving slowly at Washington Dulles airport, one passenger standing a few […]

Opportunism Trumps in Palestine

  • August 25, 2007, 3:07 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD The rash and self-defeatist behaviour emanating from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his close circle in […]

Managing Consent: The Art of War, Democracy and Public Relations

  • August 17, 2007, 5:25 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD It is Edward Bernays who fine-tuned the art of public relations in the 20th century. Using many […]

A Palestinian Miracle at the UN?

  • August 11, 2007, 1:19 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD For 62 years since the foundation of the United Nations’ Security Council, the Palestinians did not manage […]

Alberto Gonzales and Coup Against Democracy

  • August 3, 2007, 1:58 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD The name of Alberto Gonzales is rapidly becoming synonymous with all that has gone wrong under the […]

Bush’s Real Agenda in Palestine

  • July 27, 2007, 9:32 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD The Hamas government crackdown on Mohamed Dahlan’s corrupt security forces and affiliated gangs in the Gaza Strip […]

Bush’s War Policy: When Time Heals Nothing

  • July 20, 2007, 9:03 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD The news of recent weeks emanating from Washington and Baghdad point to one clear, if not final, […]

The Alternative Media: Free Speech is Still Possible

  • July 10, 2007, 9:51 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD To speak of an alternative media is to acknowledge the deficiency of the prevailing media, the mainstream, […]

The Palestinian Left: A Lost Opportunity

  • July 4, 2007, 6:52 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD When Hamas members were elected as the majority bloc of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and as it […]

Finding Lessons in Gaza’s Bloodshed

  • June 28, 2007, 11:12 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD The Hamas-Fatah clash that has culminated into a mini-civil war in recent weeks is both old and […]

Democracy Defeated

  • June 22, 2007, 11:45 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD All my forewarnings have suddenly been actualised, all at once: Gaza has descended into total and utter […]

War Foretold: Mark Twain and the Sins of Empire

  • June 13, 2007, 7:09 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD When I resorted to Mark Twain’s writings I attempted to escape, at least temporarily from my often […]

Losing Afghanistan: Firepower Doesn’t Always Win Wars

  • June 8, 2007, 8:07 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD In a statement made available through the country’s Foreign Office, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri chastised […]

For Boycott to Be Effective, an International Coalition Is Indispensable

  • June 1, 2007, 4:31 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD South Africa’s Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils whispered to me as I sat down following a most […]

Cape of Good Hope: One Apartheid Regime Down; One More to Go

  • May 24, 2007, 2:38 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD I stand at the southernmost corner of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope. The grand mountains underneath […]

From Palestine to Rotterdam: The Perfect PR Disaster

  • May 24, 2007, 2:28 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD In Rotterdam, Holland’s third largest city, thousands of Palestinians gathered on May 5 for the annual Palestinians […]