DR. RAMZY BAROUD was born in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. He is a Palestinian American journalist, media consultant, author, internationally-syndicated columnist and editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Baroud taught mass communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology, Malaysia Campus.
Baroud is the author of six books and a contributor to many others. His books include My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story and The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story.
Baroud has a Doctorate of Philosophy in Palestine Studies from the European Centre for Palestinian Studies at the University of Exeter and was a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. Currently, he is a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at Istanbul Zaim University’s Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA).