Israel and Palestine after Oslo Accords
By Daoud Kuttab On Sept. 13, 1993, Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas met on the South Lawn of the White House to sign[…]
Kudos to Qatar
By Daoud Kuttab Discussions about pan-Arab issues these days undoubtedly include the name of the Gulf country Qatar, repeated in various contexts, often[…]
Communicating properly regarding summer time
By Daoud Kuttab The Jordanian Cabinet’s decision to scrap wintertime came at the most difficult time: one day before a long holiday and[…]
Important to communicate
By Daoud Kuttab After attending a debate about the new Elections Law, the moderator told me that MP Abdullah Ensour wanted to talk[…]
Freedom in Jordan does not extend to information
By Daoud Kuttab Amman, Jordan At an international press-freedom event in Jordan 12 years ago, I was impressed with government officials’ words about[…]
Municipal election fever hits West Bank
By Daoud Kuttab Election fever has hit most Palestinian cities. However, the elections planed for October 20th will only be municipal ones, and only[…]
Three Countries, Two Weddings and One Couple
By Daoud Kuttab This week, family and friends crossed international borders and military checkpoints and overcame the usual political bureaucracies to attend my[…]
Palestine in 2013 Without Abbas or Meshaal
By Daoud Kuttab The Palestinian leadership seems to be on the verge of change. It is very likely that this will be the[…]
Jordanian Website Owners Reject Attempts to Gag Them
By Daoud Kuttab Among the most important rights achieved by Arab demonstrators in the past two years are the freedoms of assembly and[…]
The sad truth about US attitudes to Palestinians
By Daoud Kuttab For the second time in less than three months a leader of a major US party stereotypes Palestinians in racists[…]