Articles

The Arabs’ Feelings of Love and Hate for Saddam Hussein

January 20, 2007, 7:59 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD Amid the anticipation and strange secrecy regarding the day of Sadaam Hussein’s execution, images of his lifeless […]

One Last Chance for Sanity in Iraq

January 8, 2007, 4:31 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD US President George W Bush’s new war strategy due to be officially announced on Wednesday, which will […]

New Year Reflections

January 4, 2007, 4:52 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD 2006 was yet another year of tribulations in the ever tumultuous Middle East. It defied all early […]

Middle East Peace Process: Stagnation by Design

December 21, 2006, 12:45 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD I began the preface of my latest book, “The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s […]

Al Jazeera English: The Plot Thickens

December 13, 2006, 2:25 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD The launch of Al Jazeera English on Nov. 15 was hardly an ordinary event. It was another […]

Hudna or Not: Palestinian Rights Must Be Preserved

December 10, 2006, 3:22 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD Palestinian groups have recently suggested a ceasefire, in exchange for a cessation of Israeli violence. Ehud Olmert […]

Conference on People’s Foreign Policy: A Case for the Palestinians

December 5, 2006, 1:58 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD Prepared for the Conference on People’s Foreign Policy, Mumbai, India: December 7-8 2006. I am honored and […]

Ethnic Cleansing and Israel’s Racist Discourse

November 30, 2006, 8:08 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD “The term ethnic cleansing refers to various policies of forcibly removing people of another ethnic group. At […]

Democrats Must Truly Change Course

November 19, 2006, 1:24 pm
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By RAMZY BAROUD The astounding results of the US Congressional elections of November 7 were undoubtedly a welcomed sign of […]

Killing Hope in Beit Hanoun

November 12, 2006, 5:16 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD God is greater than Israel and America, was the echoing cry of tens of thousands of Palestinians, who […]

Treacherous Road to Oslo

November 12, 2006, 5:13 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD Attempts to coerce Palestinians into submission have not always manifested themselves in the crude form of a […]

Some Other Palestine

November 12, 2006, 5:04 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD Thousands of people recently marched in London to commemorate Quds Day, an annual day of solidarity with […]

US Voters Must Not Reward Failure

November 12, 2006, 5:00 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD How critical is the situation in Iraq? It depends on who you ask and when. Common sense […]

Nuclear Dual Standards

November 12, 2006, 4:56 am
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=11253

By RAMZY BAROUD The US administration’s double standards in dealing with the intensifying nuclear crisis in North Korea further strengthens […]

Defeat from Within

November 12, 2006, 4:51 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD It is no secret that the Palestinian people have always struggled with the problem of impotent, self-seeking […]

The Next Palestinian Struggle

November 12, 2006, 4:47 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter […]

US Image Problem Rooted in History, Not Media

November 12, 2006, 4:36 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD US President George W. Bush once again blamed Arab media for his country’s image problem. "I recognise […]

Risk of Misreading US-Iran Dispute

November 12, 2006, 4:21 am
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By RAMZY BAROUD The ongoing war of words between US President George W. Bush and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, coupled with […]

Murdoch Almighty; When Public Loses Opinion

November 12, 2006, 4:17 am
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/812/op66.htm

By RAMZY BAROUD People imagine that their opinions are their own, not those of corporate moguls who compete to colonise […]