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Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays (BOOK REVIEW)

September 13, 2020

(Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays. Edward Curtin. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia. 2020) In the introduction to “Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays” […]

The Power of Memory to Reclaim What was Lost

September 1, 2020

In the article “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward Said reflects on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? Both Susan Abulhawa’s Against the Loveless World (2020) and […]

The Gift of Freedom: Support the Chronicle and Receive Signed Copy of Ramzy Baroud’s Latest Book

July 6, 2020

Dear Readers, Support The Palestine Chronicle today and receive a signed copy of Ramzy Baroud’s latest book, “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons”. The book was described […]

Readers’ Choice: ‘My Favorite Books on Palestine’ Written by Palestinians

March 18, 2020

A few days ago, we asked our readers on social media to share with us the title of their favorite books on Palestine, based on the following criteria: 1. Nominated books must be written by […]

These Chains Will Be Broken: New Book Delivers Resistance Message from Palestinian Prisoners to the World

January 20, 2020

On Monday, January  20, Clarity Press, Inc. of Atlanta announced the launch of These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons, by Palestinian author and journalist, Ramzy Baroud, and The […]

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States – Book Review

January 9, 2020

(How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. Daniel Immerwahr. Farrer, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2019.) The Greater United States of the title is not just the contiguous states of […]

‘These Chains Will Be Broken’: Make 2020 the Year of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners

January 2, 2020

Friends, it is finally here. “THESE CHAINS WILL BE BROKEN: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons” is the story of Palestine written by its foremost heroes and heroines, the true organic intellectuals […]

Pen and Notebook – A Short Story

October 7, 2019

(Excerpts from The Sea Clock, by Nayrouz Qarmout.  Comma Press. Manchester, 2019.) Their feet were too small for the task. They lengthened their strides as the road opened up before them, breaking into a run, […]

The Voice of Palestine’s Second Occupation, Part 2 – Book Review

September 12, 2019

(Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women Paperback. Jo Glanville, Editor. Telegram: May 1, 2007.) Me (the Bitch) and Bustanji, Selma Dabbagh We return to another story of a half-Palestinian in Kuwait by perhaps the most […]

Sahar Khalifeh: The Lost Gospel of Palestinian Letters – Book Review

September 2, 2019

(Wild Thorns. Sahar Khalifeh. Interlink Books, New York, 1985) For decades Palestinian literature has shown promise of making the leap from cult to major religion. There have been three leading prophets: Ghassan Kanafani, Mahmoud Darwish, […]

Obama’s Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State – Book Review

August 12, 2019

(Obama’s Unending Wars – Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State.  Jeremy Kuzmarov.  Clarity Press, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019.) Obama is a shining light in comparison to his two bookends, George Bush and […]

The Voice of Palestine’s Second Occupation, Part 1 – Book Review

August 8, 2019

(Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women Paperback. Jo Glanville, Editor. Telegram: May 1, 2007.) The voice of the Palestinian woman is occupied twice over. First, by the Israeli bootheel whose half-century occupation of Palestine qualifies […]

America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Making From Bush to Obama to Trump – Book Review

May 10, 2019

(America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Making From Bush to Obama to Trump.  Sharifullah Dorani.  I. B. Taurus – Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc.  London/NewYork, 2019.) Sharifulla Dorani’s work, America in Afghanistan, provides an interesting overview of U.S. […]

Preventing Palestine: A Political History From Camp David to Oslo – Book Review

April 24, 2019

(Preventing Palestine –  A Political History From Camp David to Oslo.  Seth Anziska.  Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2018.) In all my recent readings of history and current events, Preventing Palestine stands out as being […]

At Gaza Book Fair, Only Local Titles Available Due to Siege

April 18, 2019

Only local publishers could take part in the ongoing Book Fair being held in Gaza City, Safa news agency reported, stating that there are only 20,000 titles compared to previous fairs where there were hundreds of […]

Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel – Book Review

April 3, 2019

There is a memorable passage from satirist Evelyn Waugh’s perhaps purposively unremembered political masterpiece “Black Mischief” (1932), in which Basil Seal, the chief Anglo architect of a modernization program in the fictional African island nation […]

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East – Book Review

March 18, 2019

(Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East.  Christopher Davidson.  Oneworld Publishing, U.K., 2016.) Written in response to the ‘Arab Spring’ initiated in Tunisia in 2011, Shadow Wars – The Secret Struggle for the […]

23-Year-Old Palestinian Wins EU-Funded MedReset Award

March 9, 2019

A Palestinian graduate has won the European Union (EU)-funded MedReset Young Writers Prize award. Twenty-three-year-old Omar Shanti graduated from Northwestern University in Illinois, USA, in 2018 with a degree in computer science, economics and Middle East […]

The Plot to Attack Iran – Book Review

February 28, 2019

(The Plot to Attack Iran – How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran.  Dan Kovalik. Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2018.) Western mainstream media (MSM) typically present Iran as a degenerate […]

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History – Book Review

February 4, 2019

(Palestine – A Four Thousand Year History.  Nur Masalha. Zec Books, London, 2018.) The Israeli narrative of a nation/state returning to its homeland after a fifteen hundred year exile required deft work by the David […]

Ramzy’s Baroud Book Tour in Atlanta, GA: ‘Reclaiming the Self’

January 25, 2019

Friends and Readers in Atlanta, GA I look forward to my speaking tour in your city and having the chance to meet and converse with some of you in person. If you wish to attend […]

The Russians Are Coming, Again – Book Review

January 23, 2019

(The Russians are Coming, Again – The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce.  Jeremy Kuzmarov and John Marciano. Monthly Review Press, New York, 2018.) The mainstream media continues to harvest all the […]

The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World – Book Review

January 8, 2019

(The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World.  Robert Kagan.  Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2018.) It is always an interesting ride to read a Robert Kagan book as it is a journey into […]

War on Peace – Book Review

December 20, 2018

(War on Peace – The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Power.  Ronan Farrow. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, 2018.) Members of the political corps of the U.S. writing about […]

Ramzy Baroud: Reclaiming the Palestinian Narrative (VIDEO)

December 18, 2018

Ramzy Baroud: There is an absolute and urgent need for the Palestinian people to champion their own story, and to define the nature of solidarity. Without the Palestinian people being the central component of the […]

Bibi, The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu – Book Review

December 2, 2018

(Bibi – The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.  Anshell Pfeffer.  Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House, Toronto, 2018.) This morning I read online the current problems Benjamin Netanyahu is having within the Knesset […]

Twilight of the American Century – Book Review

November 24, 2018

(Twilight of the American Century. Andrew J. Bacevich. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2018.) The histories of empires and the histories of war are generally written by the winner to put themselves […]

Palestine Chronicle World Tour: Hawai’i, London, Istanbul, Turin

October 30, 2018

Dear Palestine Chronicle Readers, My name is Ramzy Baroud and I am the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. I am embarking on the second leg of my world tour that is set to take me […]

Rachel Corrie Foundation to Host Evening with Dr. Mads Gilbert in Seattle (VIDEO)

October 11, 2018

The Rachel Corrie Foundation (RCF) will welcome Norwegian physician, humanitarian, and activist Dr. Mads Gilbert to the Pacific Northwest for a fundraising lecture benefiting RCF Gaza Projects on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the Ballard […]

Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories – Book Review

October 1, 2018

(The Biggest Prison on Earth – A History of the Occupied Territories.  Ilan Pappe.  Oneworld Publications, London, 2018) The history of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine is continued with Ilan Pappe’s recent work, The Biggest […]

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