Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books including: "These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons" (2019), "My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story" (2010) and "The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle" (2006). Dr. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University (IZU). His website is www.ramzybaroud.net

Articles by Author

10 August 2011
Gaza, Somalia: Humanity lives on
Ramzy Baroud
I remember how exhilarated I felt when I was told I was old enough to fast for the month of Ramadan. My feelings had little to do with abstention from food and...
04 August 2011
Competing narratives in Syria: Between tired slogans and a looming dawn
Ramzy Baroud
There is no linear narrative capable of explaining the multifarious happenings that have gripped Syrian society in recent months. On March 23, as many as 20...
21 July 2011
Ground your warplanes, save the horn of Africa
Ramzy Baroud
"When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless." Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions of ‘...
24 June 2011
Economy alone fails to explain Turkey’s success
Ramzy Baroud
Many commentators today are basing the success of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the June 12 elections largely on its ability to guide the...
15 June 2011
‘Permanent’ despair: Did Egypt really open Rafah Crossing?
Ramzy Baroud
For most Palestinians, leaving Gaza through Egypt is as exasperating a process as entering it. Governed by political and cultural sensitivities, most...
17 March 2011
Civil society and Palestine: The growing power of the ordinary
Ramzy Baroud
The global boycott movement (BDS) and other related campaigns were aimed at exposing Israeli transgressions against the Palestinian people and galvanizing...

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