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Baroud: An Odyssey for Justice
Znet Article, January, 14 2010
Ramzy Baroud
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The recent actions of people from around the world in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza have arguably represented the closest manifestation of international solidarity since the International Brigades against fascism during the Spanish Civ...
Baroud: Media Vultures Are Coming: Freedom of Expression at Risk
Znet Article, January, 07 2010
Ramzy Baroud
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As you flip through a range of channels on your TV or browse through a stack of newspapers and magazines at a newsstand, you may feel lucky about living in a world where such a plethora of viewpoints is available. It might also seem that the appar...
Baroud: On Gaza Drivers, Rumours and Egypts Steel Wall
Znet Article, December, 31 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Those pesky taxi drivers of Gaza are always circulating rumors. One story that made the rounds during the first Palestinian uprising in 1987 claimed that an Arab army crossed the Sinai desert to save Palestinians from the daily killings and protra...
Abulhawa: Palestine/Israel: A Single State, with Liberty and Justice for All
Znet Article, December, 29 2009
Susan Abulhawa
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Prior to the establishment of Israel, Palestine had been multi-religious and multi-cultural. Christians, Muslims and Jews, Armenians, Greek Orthodox, to name a few, all had a place there; and all lived in relative harmony. Other nations fought war...
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
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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...
Baroud: The Israeli Conundrum: How to Deal with Iran
Znet Article, August, 01 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Israeli officials face a conundrum that may take more than military muscle-flexing to resolve: how to deal with Iran? The solution to this dilemma will require no less than sheer political genius.
Baroud: Forget the Headlines: Iraqi Freedom Deferred
Znet Article, July, 08 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared "independence day" as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary Iraq in an unpersuasive show...
Baroud: Hamas Political Impasse: Between Principal and Necessity
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the two-state solution.
Baroud: Beyond Politics: People for Sale in Hungry World
Znet Article, June, 26 2009
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
One might be tempted to dismiss the recent findings of the US State Department on human trafficking as largely political. But do not be too hasty.
Baroud: Ahmadinejad Re-elected: Israel and Obama’s Iran Puzzle
Znet Article, June, 19 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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The election victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to complicate US President Barack Obama’s new approach to his country’s conflict with Iran. The reason behind the foreseen obstacle is neither the US nor Iran’s refusal ...
Baroud: A Boy and an Artificial Leg: A Gaza Story
Znet Article, June, 12 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Two weeks ago, my family, after months of anticipation, were scheduled to be the host family for a very special and unusual exchange program for kids from Gaza to visit the US. Our host child, Sobhi was schedule to arrive on May 30th.
Baroud: Can Obama Work His Magic on Arabs?
Znet Article, June, 06 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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Among many major misconceptions pertaining to Arabs and Muslims is the common belief that they are a weak-willed, irrelevant collective, easily influenced and effortlessly manipulated. This mistaken assumption underscores the very ailment that has...


