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Where to find Sesame Street, Palestine book
Bishos Bakery and Café Roosevelt Mall, Philadelphia, PA American Colony Hotel Bookshop, Jerusalem Educational Book shop, Jerusalem Bethlehem Bible College, Bethlehem Sharbain Bookstore, Ramallah Books@Cafe, Amman Readers, Cozmos, Amman
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Abbas’s gamble pays off
By Daoud Kuttab The leading speech by Palestinian president at the seventh Fatah congress was planned for six pm on Tuesday. Before he was to take the podium, a number of visitors wanted to say a few words. They included the head of the socialist international, the UN peace envoy, Egyptian and Jordanian officials. The…
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Fatah congress to usher in new generation of Palestinian leaders
By Daoud Kuttab The 1,500-plus delegates of the seventh Fatah congress, the next generation of Palestinian leaders, will be relatively younger (in their 40s and 50s) and more representative of the occupied territories than the current leadership. The congress, to be held Nov. 29 in Ramallah, will agree on a political platform and an action plan for the Palestinian struggle and elect…
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Declaration of Independence barely remembered in Palestine
By Daoud Kuttab The date Nov. 15, 1988, is a special one for Palestinians. On that day, the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the Palestinians’ parliament in exile, convened in the Algerian capital of Algiers and adopted the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. It was almost one year into the relatively nonviolent intifada that shook up Israel and the world. PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi told Al-Monitor how the declaration…








