Exploited and Misused: The Impossible Discourse of the ‘Arab Spring’
To advance our understanding of what is transpiring in Arab and other countries in the region, we must let go of old definitions.
Read MoreRamzy Baroud is a journalist and the editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons (Clarity Press). Dr. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Zaim University. His website is www.ramzybaroud.net.
Posted by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 26, 2013 | Africa, News & Analysis |
To advance our understanding of what is transpiring in Arab and other countries in the region, we must let go of old definitions.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 19, 2013 | Palestine |
The perks of the Oslo culture have sprouted over the years creating the Palestinian elite, whose interest and that of the Israeli occupation overlap beyond recognition of where the first starts and the other ends.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 12, 2013 | Culture, Palestine |
We could try offering historical perspectives which attempt to see the world from the viewpoint of the oppressed.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 3, 2013 | Middle East, Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
Reading the text of a bill that was recently signed into law by US President Barack Obama would...
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Dec 29, 2012 | Middle East, Palestine, Viewpoints |
Palestinians are once more dying and on the run and all sincere actions have to be geared towards helping those refugees cope with the conflict in Syria and return to their homeland in Palestine.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Dec 22, 2012 | Africa, Europe, News & Analysis, US |
A long-drawn new ‘war on terror,’ will justify further intervention in West Africa and more meddling in the affairs of ECOWAS countries.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Dec 18, 2012 | News & Analysis, Palestine |
A new understanding is desperately required, one that is sensible enough to take into account the uniqueness of the Palestinian narrative itself, Palestinian history, the struggle and rights, as opposed to Israel’s security.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Dec 8, 2012 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
It is not the new status that truly matters, but rather how it is interpreted and employed. While history is not exactly promising, the future will have the last word.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Nov 30, 2012 | News & Analysis, Palestine |
All parties know that something fundamental has been altered, although the battle is anything but over. A war of a different kind is about to begin.
Read MorePosted by Ramzy Baroud | Nov 24, 2012 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
Now that Israel once more pushing its agenda as an American priority, the time is ripe for further escalation and for more saber-rattling against Iran
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