The genesis of a revolutionary media
By Daoud Kuttab Suleiman al Kabaili sits in an office that has clearly been rearranged to convert it into a makeshift studio. The wall behind the desk has a naked nail that used to hold a framed photo of the Libyan dictator. Suleiman, a radio studio director, dates the genesis of the current crop of […]
Packing Heat at the Gate
 By Daoud Kuttab The first thing you notice upon entering Mitiga Airport in Tripoli is a series of signs with the word “No†in capital letters next to illustrations of automatic weapons. The second thing is just how liberally most Libyans interpret these rules. In the days following the death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the […]
The King and Palestine
By Daoud Kuttab  “Ziara azima†(fabulous visit). This was the description Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave to the unexpected visit King Abdullah made to the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. The King’s visit on Monday was the first to Palestine in a decade. He didn’t visit or meet any Israeli official. It is […]
Talk of Palestinian reconciliation
By Daoud Kuttab Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said this week that he was quite happy to step down from his position in order to remove any obstacle in the way of Palestinian reconciliation. It is not the first time he made such a statement, but this time it is politically important, and timely. Fayyad’s […]
Palestinian strategies post-UN vote
By Daoud Kuttab If the UN bid for Palestinian statehood has shown anything, it has shown the Palestinians, again, who their friends are. It was clear, despite US President Barack Obama’s earlier rhetoric, that US would not move in any direction that would upset the Israelis. But it was not only Washington and the British […]
Palestinians Mulling Post UN Vote Strategies
By Daoud Kuttab If the UN bid for Palestinian statehood has shown anything, it has reminded Palestinians of who their real friends are. It was clear, despite Obama’s earlier rhetoric that US would not move any direction that would upset the Israelis. But it was not only Washington and their British poodles (Tony Blair […]
Libya and Palestine
Daoud Kuttab A visitor to Libya now, be it to Benghazi or Tripoli, cannot help but make some comparisons between the Libyan revolution and the Palestinian Intifada. Walk the streets of liberated Libya and you will immediately notice graffiti on the walls and the liberation flags on all locations. To be fair, the Libyan […]