The Invaders Will Not Enter Our Home – A Poem
By Ramzy Baroud The invaders will not enter our home, They will not meddle with our old clothes, They will not break my mother’s picture frame, They will not tear our Quran, our Bible, […]
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Operation ‘Cast Thy Bread’: Unearthed Documents Reveal Israeli Militias Poisoned Wells during Nakba
Historians have recovered official documentation proving that Israeli militias poisoned wells to prevent expelled Palestinians from returning to their home villages during the Nakba in 1948, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Friday. Testimonies regarding […]
On Friendship and Bicycles: The Repairmen of Gaza’s Zawiyah Street (PHOTOS)
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Osama and Mahmoud are best friends. They have been working together, selling, and repairing bikes for over 35 years. Their little, and crowded shop in the Zawiyah Market in Gaza’s […]
Who Represents Palestinians: Ramzy Baroud Discusses Liberation and Representation on Al-Mayadeen TV (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff During an interview with Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen, Palestinian author, journalist and editor of The Palestine Chronicle, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, presented his new book “Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged […]
The Palestinian Thobe: Cultural and Historical Complexity
By Nour Hakim [Editor’s Note: On the occasion of Women’s International Day, The Palestine Chronicle celebrates Palestinian women and the accomplishments of women everywhere. In the essay below, Nour Hakim discusses the history, symbolism and power of […]
‘Previously Unknown Massacres’: Why is Israel Allowed to Own Palestinian History?
By Ramzy Baroud Haaretz’s investigative report – ‘Classified Docs Reveal Massacres of Palestinians in ’48 – and What Israeli Leaders Knew’ – is a must-read. It should be particularly read by any person who […]
First Intifada Anniversary Today: Three Poems for Palestinian Resistance
By Palestine Chronicle Staff December 8 marks the anniversary of the First Palestinian Intifada (Uprising). On that day, in 1987, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets to protest against the brutality of Israeli […]
WATCH: ‘Unity and Resistance’: Ramzy Baroud Delivers Speech at Casa Arabe in Madrid
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestine Chronicle editor, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, delivered a speech at Casa Arabe on Thursday, as part of the Palestine Week, which was organized to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity […]
‘There Must Be a Cost for the Occupation’: Palestine Chronicle Editor Delivers Lecture at Madrid University (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On the occasion of the Palestinian solidarity week in Madrid, Palestine Chronicle editor Ramzy Baroud delivered a lecture at the Universidad Complutense of the Spanish capital, in the department of […]
Photo Essay: A Palestinian Zaffa at Hammam Al-Sammara
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza The Zaffa is a main fixture in traditional Palestinian Arab weddings. The Zaffa is for dancers, musicians, family and friends to welcome the bride and groom into the reception hall. Palestine Chronicle […]
Palestinians Mark 54th Anniversary of Naksa Day
On this day in 1967, the opccupying state of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Syria. After hitting the air defences of these countries, Israel captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank […]
Israel to Turn Jerusalem International Airport into Settlement
The recent decision of the Israeli District Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem to build 9,000 settlement units in the Israeli settlement of Atarot will erase the remnants of the Jerusalem International Airport, built in […]
‘The People Are Rising, the Soldiers Are Coming’: Anniversary of the First Intifada (EXCERPTS)
By Ramzy Baroud Editor’s Note: Today, Tuesday, December 8, marks the 33rd anniversary of the First Palestinian Intifada. On this day, in 1987, the uprising broke out throughout occupied Palestine, generating massive solidarity for […]
WATCH: ‘Palestinian: Beyond Conflict’ – Featuring Ramzy Baroud (Identity International)
Ramzy Baroud discusses the complexities of Palestinian identity in today’s world with Misbah Khan from Identity International, in Episode 1 of “Palestinian: Beyond Conflict”. Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, author and internationally syndicated columnist, […]
Beyond Symbolic Victories: The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
By Ramzy Baroud Although November 29 has galvanized pro-Palestinian communities around the world for decades, a few facts and problems about this day must be acknowledged and redressed. To start with, the history behind […]
We Are Not Numbers: Speaking with Palestine’s Young Talents (Palestine Chronicle TV)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff We Are Not Numbers develops the communication skills of Palestinian youth living under occupation, enabling them to share the human stories behind the numbers in the news with a Western […]
The Power of Memory to Reclaim What was Lost
By Benay Blend 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 […]
Why Should Palestinians Write Their Sports History?
By Issam Khalidi Palestinian modern history is unique, not only because of the Nakba (i.e. catastrophe) of 1948, and the expulsion of the 750,000 refugees from their land, but because this history consistently has been […]
Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine’s Greatest Weapon
By Ramzy Baroud On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the ‘shatat’, or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their […]
‘One Bright Shining Moment’: Lessons from another Kind of History
By Benay Blend If voters in America had the benefit of political education, the kind that Lectores de Tabaqueres provided at the turn of the century to cigar factory workers in cities like Tampa Florida, […]
These Chains Will Be Broken: New Book Delivers Resistance Message from Palestinian Prisoners to the World
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 […]
Lebanon’s October Revolution: Resistance and the (Re-)production of Popular Culture
By Amal Ghazal I am following Lebanon’s October Revolution from Vancouver. Between me and the revolution stand two continents, an ocean, a sea and a 10-hour time difference. However, the connections between me and what […]
