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Ramzy Baroud interviewed by Kourosh Ziabari

By Guest Post • May 19th, 2009 • Category: Biography, Internet and Communication, Interviews, Newswire, Palestine

Ramzy Baroud numbers among remarkable Palestinian journalists, alongside such figures as Khalid Amayreh and Laila el-Haddad. Having been a producer for Aljazeera, he taught Mass Communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology and appeared on BBC, ABC, National Public Radio and CNN several times.

Of his 2006 book “The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s [...]

Non-Violence in Palestine: Timing and Intentions

By Ramzy Baroud • Apr 18th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Culture and Heritage, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

WRITTEN BY Ramzy Baroud (photo by Valentina Perniciaro)

When one speaks of or advocates non-violence, does he promote such an idea because he believes that historically it has been a more effective means of liberation, or is it purely because he thinks that it is a more self-respecting means of struggle?

In recent history, many advocates of [...]

Ramzy Baroud – A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making

By Ramzy Baroud • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

At a recent conference I was repeatedly asked about the prospects for a third Palestinian uprising, or Intifada. The question, although seemingly uncomplicated, is both loaded and important, and cannot be answered in a mere two minutes or less.

A 'third Intifada' would imply that the second has already ended. But has it? Or did it [...]

Ramzy Baroud – World Food Day: Global Crises' Double Standards

By Ramzy Baroud • Oct 24th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Newswire, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

The 25th annual World Food Day, marked on 16 October, was an occasion whose arrival and passing received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much of the world media and governments are consumed with an economic crisis of epic proportions, which is perceived in the US as the worst such upheaval since the Great [...]

Ramzy Baroud – Beyond Media Revolutions: Is Arab Media Truly Free?

By Ramzy Baroud • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Internet and Communication, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

On February 12, 2008, Arab League information ministers issued a communique outlining 'tough' guidelines for Arab satellite channels. The new guidelines specifically prohibited the broadcasting of negative reporting of heads of state, religious or national figures.
In following days, a massive campaign of denunciation, led by those who felt targeted by the new policy, joined by [...]