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The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney’s Decision to Boycott Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Best-selling and award-winning Irish novelist Sally Rooney. (Photo: Video Grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 20, 2021 The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared that she had “chosen not to sell … translation rights of her best-selling novel, 'Beautiful World, Where Are You’ to an Israeli-based publishing ...

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Empty Gestures or Substantive Change? On the Nobel Prize in Literature and Its Discontents | Ramzy Baroud

Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. (Photo: Palfest, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 18, 2021 The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel ...

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Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-serving Politics on Refugees | Ramzy Baroud

A fishing boat carrying refugees dock in Lampedus, Italy. (Photo: Vito Manzari, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2021 Language is politics and politics is power. This ...

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Trudeau’s Parliamentary ‘Victory’ May Cost Him the Next Elections | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 3, 2021 Canada’s unpopular general election Sept.20 is increasingly recognized as a mistake by the country’s leading political analysts. However, ...

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The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided | Ramzy Baroud

Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub attends by video conference a meeting with deputy Hamas chief Saleh Arouri. (Photo: Video Grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 29, 2021 The political divis ...

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Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban? | Ramzy Baroud

Taliban fighters. (Photo: Isafmedia, via Wikimedia Commons) On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2021 An urgent task awaits us: Considering the progress ...

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Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2021 Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul International Airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidat ...

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One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian political prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 22, 2021 Zakaria Zubeidi is one of six Palestinian prisoners who, on Sept. 6, tunneled their way o ...

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From the ‘Iron Wall’ to the ‘Villa in the Jungle’: Palestinians Demolish Israel’s Security Myths | Ramzy Baroud

A mural on the Israeli Apartheid Wall. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2021 25 years before Israel was established on the ruins of historic Palestine, a Russian Jewish Zionis ...

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Following Afghanistan Defeat: Can EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US? | Ramzy Baroud

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 10, 2021 Suddenly, the idea put forth by French President E ...

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Hashtag ‘Untie_Our_Hands’: How Many More Palestinians Must Die for Israel’s ‘Security?' | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinians evacuate a wounded demonstrator during a protest at the fence separating Gaza from Israel. (Photo: File) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 8, 2021 A large Israeli army campaign is t ...

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The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney’s Decision to Boycott Israel | Ramzy Baroud

Empty Gestures or Substantive Change? On the Nobel Prize in Literature and Its Discontents | Ramzy Baroud

Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-serving Politics on Refugees | Ramzy Baroud

Trudeau’s Parliamentary ‘Victory’ May Cost Him the Next Elections | Ramzy Baroud

The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided | Ramzy Baroud

Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban? | Ramzy Baroud

Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’ | Ramzy Baroud

One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi | Ramzy Baroud

From the ‘Iron Wall’ to the ‘Villa in the Jungle’: Palestinians Demolish Israel’s Security Myths | Ramzy Baroud

Following Afghanistan Defeat: Can EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US? | Ramzy Baroud

Hashtag ‘Untie_Our_Hands’: How Many More Palestinians Must Die for Israel’s ‘Security?' | Ramzy Baroud

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