Maybe the time is ripe for national unity
Daoud Kuttab I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that the upcoming Palestinian national unity talks have a better chance at success than in previous times. I am not naive. This optimistic prediction can turn out terribly wrong, but I think the time is now ripe, the parties are much more realistic in […]
Arabs and the Olympics
The Arabs and the Olympics Daoud Kuttab As we watched the Olympics, my nine-year-old daughter Dina kept on hounding me this week. Where are the Arabs, she kept on asking every time a medal was issued? Where are the Palestinians, where are the Jordanians she kept on asking every time a list of players was […]
Has Hamas won???
Following was published in Bitterlemons Bitterlemons, 01/09/08 A PALESTINIAN VIEW Local priorities by Daoud Kuttab Whether those supporting the moderate leadership of palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas admit it or not, Hamas appears to have won. Now, before Islamists around the world start celebrating, it is important to note that the region, let alone the […]
Presidential elections and I
Until my family and I landed in New Jersey in August 2007, I had lost touch with what it meant to be a US citizen. I had arrived in Jersey City in 1969 as a 14 year old boy with my family who immigrated from the Palestinian areas. In 1980 after college and a few […]
Time and negotiations
The following appeared in the Jordan Times and the Jerusalem Post Daoud Kuttab Time has played a major role in most negotiations. Whether they are labour or political negotiations, each side of a conflict waits literally till the very last minute before revealing its true position. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
Ramadan Reveals Importance of Community Versus Individual
by Daoud Kuttab Amman, Jordan– Ever since our family returned from the US, I have been repeatedly asked to compare life in America to life in the Middle East. For the 2007-’08 academic year I served as a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University and a lecturer at the Near East department. With our […]