- April 29, 2024
Ramzy Baroud News
The pain of displacement – Excerpts
No matter where we are, in time and place, we carry our refugee ID cards, our precious status, our parents’ burden and our ancestors’ pain. In fact, we have a name for it. It is called waja’ — “aching” — a character that unifies millions of Palestinian refugees all across the globe. With our refugee […]
Hollande and the wars ahead – Excerpts
The French President seems to be borrowing the same costly policies that were implemented by Bush Much has changed in France in the last decade. The country that was once united in opposition of US military adventurism in the Middle East is now falling in the trap of its own military adventurism and abstract wars […]
We Are Not Numbers – Sharing the stories of the people living, laughing, crying and dying in Gaza
I am very happy to take part in this important project, Imagine what it is like to be converted into a number. That you are not a unique, living, breathing, laughing, loving individual. You are merely a digit in a much larger number, one that just keeps on growing. Your entire life is reduced to […]
What can one say by way of advice to the refugees of Syria?
With time, our refugee status morphed from being a “problem” to an integral part of our identities. Being a “refugee” at this stage means insisting on the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees as enshrined in international law. That status is no longer just a mere reference to physical displacement but also to a political, […]
Il est temps de mettre sur la touche Abbas et son Autorité
Ce moment était attendu par beaucoup depuis longtemps. Le 2 janvier, Riyad Mansour, représentant de la Palestine aux Nations Unies, a officiellement demandé l’adhésion à la Cour pénale internationale (CPI). « Nous voulons la justice pour toutes les victimes assassinées par Israël, la puissance occupante, » a-t-il déclaré. Il n’y avait aucune raison pour que l’adhésion de […]
‘We Love Life, Sir’
This video reminded me of the poem by Rafeef Ziadah: ‘We teach life, sir.’ When Mohammed Assaf’s song is played in a Gaza store, people broke into dabkha – a traditional group dance – for few minutes before getting back to shopping. First the dabka, And in case you missed it, the poem by Rafeef,
Dear Syria: From One Refugee to Another
What can one say by way of advice to the relatively new refugees of Syria, considering that we – Palestinians – are yet to liberate ourselves from a status that we never sought? There can be none, only reminders, and few warnings: First, may your displacement end soon. May you never live the waja’ of […]
Ramzy’s Uprising with Sonali
Hello Everyone, The first video are excerpts from my interview at Uprising with Sonali earlier this morning. We discussed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu’s proposed speech to the Congress in February in defiance of US President Barack Obama. If you have more time to spare, then check out the full interview here, where we touch […]
Upcoming Interviews
Hi Everyone, Been busy conducting interviews this week, some already published (see Foreign Policy magazine) and others should be aired or published soon. This morning, I discussed the Middle East in terms of the current upheaval and the Israeli, US current strategy towards the region with Radio 100.7 FM Luxembourg. (Will share interview link later). […]
Lessons that Hollande Failed to Learn
“If we can combat terrorism in Iraq, just as we did in Africa, we are ensuring our own security,” he said. His plan sounded as pathetic and all too familiar: “If necessary we will be able to act in Iraq with more intensity and more efficacy; the aircraft carrier will be working in very narrow […]
Ramzy Baroud’s Interview with Foreign Policy
Excerpts from Ramzy Baroud’s Interview in Foreign Policy “[The ICC move] is about assuring his survival.… He knows nobody is buying into the old game of ‘back to negotiations’ and making threats to quit,” said Ramzy Baroud, a U.K.-based Palestinian author and political columnist. “He needed something so impressive, a grandstanding type of gesture that […]
Repeating Bush’s Mistakes
Prior to Bush’s misadventures in the Middle East, Al-Qaeda seemed to have been a distant reality that had been heard of, but unseen. A decade after the US invasion of Iraq, Al-Qaeda penetrated the Middle East and North Africa, hatching into numerous groups, sub-groups and Al-Qaeda-inspired groups. In fact, Al-Qaeda-turned-Islamic State (IS) is now redefining […]
Lessons that Hollande Failed to Learn from Bush’s Blunders
Excerpts from Lessons that Hollande failed to Learn from Bush’s blunders – Middle East Eye By Ramzy Baroud Francois Hollande is not a popular president. No matter how hard the “socialist” leader tries to impress, there never seems to be a solid constituency that backs him. He attempted to mask his initial lack of experience […]
Francois Hollande and George W. Bush
Francois Hollande is not a popular president. No matter how hard the ‘socialist’ leader tries to impress, there never seems to be a no solid constituency that backs him. He attempted to mask his initial lack of experience in foreign affairs with a war in Mali, after his country enthusiastically took on Libya. While he […]
Dabbling in Distraction: Abbas’ Costly Failure
As soon as Storm Huda swept across much of the Middle East, the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem received a fair share of terrible weather. The polar storm was somewhat uncommon in that part of the world. Also uncommon was the valiant response of the Palestinian National Authority(PNA) security forces to it. They sprung […]
On Hollande and Bush’s War Legacy
Frivolous wars are like drugs. They may start with the intention of achieving a fleeting sense of ecstasy, but with time they become a lethal escape from reality. Like drugs, a warlord is dependent on war and can only be sustained and validated by it. French President Hollande is a warlord in the western sense […]
Hope you like the new page
Dear friends and readers, I really hope that you find the new page a serious improvement from my old website, which was launched in 2007. The new page is meant to be more interactive, personable and more social media friendly. Also, using this particular space, I will be updating you on my movement, latest publications, […]
