Arab uprisings winners and losers
By Daoud Kuttab While it is not clear when and how the popular revolt in Egypt will end, it is clear that the winners and losers, following the present uprising, throughout the Arab world can be identified. It might be a cliché to state that tyrants are the biggest losers and peoples are the winners, […]
Why Do U.S. Officials Boycott Bethlehem’s Mayor?
Why does the US boycott one of its own citizens who happens to be the Christian mayor of Bethlehem? This has been the case regarding Victor Batarseh, the elected mayor of the Palestinian town of Bethlehem.<img alt=”2011-02-08-kuttab.jpg” src=”http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2011-02-08-kuttab.jpg” width=”450″ height=”605″ /> Batarseh, a Roman Catholic physician and a U.S. citizen, ran in the municipal elections […]