Whither Fatah?
By Daoud Kuttab When Palestinian student activists in Kuwait decided that they needed to take matters into their own hands to liberate Palestine, they chose Lebanon as the country that they wanted to launch the first armed attack against the “Zionists†on the first day of 1965. Those planning for and supporting the attack […]
Discussion on confederation
By Daoud Kuttab following appeared in the Jordan Times, Dec 19, 2012 Abdel Bari Atwan is well-known to Arab audiences. The editor of the London-based Al Quds Al Arabi is known for his fiery patriotic and anti-Western interviews on major satellite televisions. A major supporter of the Arab revolutions, Atwan lived up to his no-nonsense […]
824 candidat Electoral System clearly needs reform
By Daoud Kuttab King Abdullah’s wishes that Jordan will have three political parties (right center and left) will most certainly be dashed once he hears from the registration results independent election’s commission.  Sixty one parties and lists featuring 824 candidates (among them only 88 women) will be competing for mere 27 national seats in the […]
Daoud Kuttab & family 2012 Newsletter رسالة عائلة داود كتاب السنوية
After a hiatus of a few years, we return to our tradition of summarizing the family news in a year end newsletter with photos and other links. The major family news this year is the presence of family and friends from  Jordan and the US for the wedding of our oldest daughter Tamara to Alaa Qasasfa […]