British vote brings Palestinians one step closer to statehood
By Daoud Kuttab After debate ended Oct. 13 in Westminster and the votes were cast, 274 British members of Parliament (MPs), representing major[…]
Palestinian Christian village cancels Oktoberfest
By Daoud Kuttab Sometimes the product becomes better known than the town or country of origin. This happened to the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, whose[…]
Swedish decision to recognize Palestine no surprise
By Daoud Kuttab For Swedes and Palestinians who have followed Swedish foreign policy toward Palestine, the announcement in Stockholm of the government’s intention[…]
Creativity needed to break Israeli-Palestinian logjam
By Daoud Kuttab It might seem counterintuitive, but the current Palestinian-Israeli hostility is a healthy return to what relations between occupiers and the occupied should be.[…]
Abbas makes last-ditch effort to win Palestinian independence
By Daoud Kuttab Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is possibly making his last effort to try to bring about an independent state. The odds are[…]
Lingering dreams, shattered dreams
following appeared in the Jordan Times newspaper By Daoud Kuttab Barbar was publishing media reports, running her own media training centre and was[…]
Palestinian Trying to Rebuild Progressive Women Radio
By Daoud Kuttab When I met Islam Barbar in a Gaza restaurant in 2012 while on a human rights mission, I was impressed[…]
Why is Abbas playing hardball with Hamas?
By Daoud Kuttab On paper it looks like Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his counterparts in Hamas need each other. Abbas will be[…]
Najwa Najjar’s Film Reflects Palestinian Humanity
By Daoud Kuttab The 700-seat Ramallah Cultural Palace, on whose premises is the grave of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, was overcrowded on September[…]
New Palestinian film shuns stereotypes
By Daoud Kuttab The common saying that one person’s freedom fighter is another’s terrorist well describes how the world is often divided over[…]