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Ramzy Baroud – Romana Rubeo

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Yes, Iran is Playing Chess — But Only After Rewriting the Rules of the Game

The origins of chess are contested, but few dispute that while the game began in India, it was the Sassanian Persian Empire that refined it into a...

25.03.2026 7

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Ramzy Baroud - Romana Rubeo

From Palestine to Iran: What Arab and Muslim Silence Really Reveals

I have always found it interesting, and at times revealing, when seasoned activists and intellectuals in the West, including those who see themselves...

25.03.2026 20

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Ramzy Baroud - Romana Rubeo

Talks, Then Bombs: Is Washington Rehearsing the Same Trap on Iran?

US President Donald Trump did not invent the phrase “fake news,” but he undoubtedly transformed it into a political weapon, relentlessly accusing...

24.03.2026 20

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Ramzy Baroud – Romana Rubeo

The Case for Expelling Israel from Eurovision

The term ‘hypocrisy’ is the most convenient term, but certainly not the most apt to describe the inclusion of Israel in the Eurovision Song...

31.12.2025 10

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Breaking the Silence on Palestinian Armed Struggle

On February 22, 2024, China's Ambassador to The Hague, Zhang Jun, uttered the unexpected. His testimony, like that of a number of others, was meant to...

08.04.2025 20

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Ramzy Baroud – Romana Rubeo