These are the prepared remarks of Dr. Ramzy Baroud for his address on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, delivered in Geneva and Lyon, May 15–16, 2026.
The 2026 PEN World Voices Festival hosted “Narrating Palestine: Family, History, and Displacement” in New York City, an intimate and powerful conversation that felt less like a panel and more like a necessary reckoning with how Palestinian stories are told.
On Redacted, Baroud presents Before the Flood as a people’s history of Palestine rooted in memory and resistance.
Palestinian author and Palestine Chronicle editor Ramzy Baroud launched his new book Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir Across Three Generations of Colonial Invasion, Occupation, and War in Palestine on Wednesday evening at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Washington.
February review in Publishers Weekly has spotlighted Before the Flood by Palestinian journalist and historian Ramzy Baroud, describing the book as an “indelible depiction of the generational trauma that defines the Palestinian struggle.”
Palestinian author, journalist, and historian Ramzy Baroud will embark on a worldwide tour, starting on February 11, presenting his latest book—a deeply personal and historically grounded account of Palestine told through the story of his family in Gaza and a village in historic Palestine.
Third Place Books in Seattle, WA, will host the official book launch of Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir Across Three Generations of Colonial Invasion, Occupation, and War in Palestine on Tuesday, February 11, at 7:00 PM, featuring Palestinian American author, journalist, and historian Dr. Ramzy Baroud.