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Baroud: Muslims Must Not Pay Price for Europe’s Identity Crisis
Znet Article, December, 24 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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It seems that the targeting of Muslims and Islam has become a kind of national theater in France. Unlike theater, however, the disturbing trend can, and will turn ugly – in fact to a degree it already has – if the French government doesn’t g...
Baroud: The Lobby Within
Znet Article, December, 17 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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A just and peaceful solution to the protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict is only possible when the US ceases to block every attempt made towards it.
Baroud: The Hypocrisy of Al-Demoqratia
Znet Article, December, 11 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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In 2004, France banned headscarves and school principals chased after young "defiant" Muslim girls who continued to cover their heads in school. Now, following a national referendum, Switzerland has banned the construction of minarets, because min...
Baroud: A Paradigm Shift in Singapore: Yet Apec Offers No Clear Answers
Znet Article, November, 24 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Like scores of journalists, I attentively listened as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivering his closing remarks, and for the last time answering journalists’ questions. It was the conclusion of 17th Apec Economies Leaders’ Meetin...
Baroud: Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture
Znet Article, November, 18 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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A Muslim family sits across of me in café, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman shyly hunches over and desperately trying to avoid eye contact with the giant plasma screen TV, blazing loud music on the popular music video channel, MTV...
Baroud: How Israel Won the Settlement Battle Again
Znet Article, November, 10 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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When British Foreign Secretary David Miliband uttered a few words regarding the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, many wanted to believe that London was taking a sharp stance against Israel's continued violations of ...
Baroud: No Emergency Summits for Arab Human Development Crisis
Znet Article, November, 04 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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When the first Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) was published in 2002, a star glistened in a vast, gloomy sky. The fact that a UN-sponsored report, authored by independent Arab scholars would receive so much attention in Arab media, was in its...
Baroud: War, Negation and Muslim Identity Revisited
Znet Article, October, 22 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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A Muslim writer begins an article with, 'who says the campaign for animal rights was started in the West ..' She goes on to argue that Islam provided the original treatise on the humane treatment of animals. Her case was poorly constructed, inadeq...
Baroud: Abbas and the Goldstone Report: Our Shame is Complete
Znet Article, October, 15 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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As Israeli bombs fell on the Gaza Strip during its one-sided war between December 27, 2008 and January 18, 2009, millions around the world took to the streets in complete and uncompromising outrage. The level of barbarity in that war, especially a...
Baroud: Obama’s Test: Democracy or Chaos in Latin America
Znet Article, October, 08 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Latin America stands at the threshold of a new era: one that promises a return to political uncertainty, violence and chaos or one of political stability and economic prosperity. Honduras is a crucial indicator.
Baroud: Iran’s Nuclear Theater Meant to Divert Attention
Znet Article, October, 01 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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World events have taken an interesting turn recently, with the Goldstone report, which wreaked havoc in the beginning of the week being nearly completely overshadowed by Iran’s revelation of another nuclear facility, according to diplomats in Vi...
Baroud: Justice This Time Around: Will Goldstone's Report Deliver?
Znet Article, September, 24 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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'We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,' Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response to the findings of a 574-page report by a four-member Unite...
Baroud: Perpetual Grief over September 11th
Znet Article, September, 16 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings of sorrow.
Baroud: A Fresh Approach in Afghanistan: An End to War?
Znet Article, September, 10 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Left out of the options under consideration in "Obama's war" is the only one with any chance of success.
Baroud: US Audacity of Hope Falters: Settlement Freeze No Longer Required
Znet Article, September, 02 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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The US has decided to be 'flexible' regarding its once touted call for a total Israeli freeze on the expansion of its occupied territories' settlements, all illegal under international law.
Baroud: Fighting for the Right to Walk
Znet Article, August, 27 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Gaza's troubles have somehow been relegated, if not completely dropped from the mainstream media's radar, and subsequently the world's conscience and consciousness. Weaning the public from the sadness there conveys the false impression that things...
Baroud: Drones and Democracy in Afghanistan
Znet Article, August, 21 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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With elections just around the corner in Afghanistan, it might be timely to reflect on the US engagement with that stricken nation and consider just how much foreign intervention has contributed to the prospect and possibility of free and democrat...
Baroud: Fatah: A New Beginning or an Imminent End?
Znet Article, August, 14 2009
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
This is hardly the rational order of things. An overpowering military occupation was meant to be resisted by an equally determined, focused and unyielding national movement, hell-bent on liberation at any cost and by any means. This is the unwritt...
Baroud: Gaza’s Kite Runners
Znet Article, August, 09 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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When seen from a distance, kites in Gaza may look quite ordinary. But while Gazan children, in many respects, are just children, their kites are hardly ordinary. Often adorned by the red, black, green and white of the Palestinian flag, Gazan child...
