Daoud Kuttab

Palestine, media, Jordan, community radio, online journalism

  • Palestinian President Playing Musical Chairs

    By Daoud Kuttab Mahmoud Abbas holds many titles. He is the head of the Fateh movement, chairman of the PLO’s executive committee and president of the state of Palestine. Technically and legally, the Palestine Liberation Organization is superior. The state of Palestine, declared a non-member state in the UN in 2003, is subservient to the…

  • News stories one may have missed

    By Daoud Kuttab Unless one is a news junky and follows all local news religiously, one probably missed three important issues related to the media freedoms in Jordan. They include the three main media stakeholders, the government, media owners and the public. I will leave the juiciest story last. The prime minister issued a memo…

  • Christians demonstrate against wall in Beit Jala

    By Daoud Kuttab The picture posted by Deacon Fadi Abu Sa’ada on his Facebook page Aug. 30 spoke volumes, and the image of medics helping a nun injured by Israeli tear gas raised anger among Palestinians. Demonstrations after Sunday mass have become the norm in this Bethlehem-area town. The anti-Israel rallies are a protest against…

  • Palestinian National Council gets new life in Amman

    By Daoud Kuttab AMMAN — The man sitting outside the plush villa in west Amman looks like an old fighter. Security does not appear to be of much concern in Deir Ghbar, a stable Amman suburb and location of several embassies and diplomatic residences. The chain-smoking guard waves visitors through, into the house of Salim Zanoun, speaker of the Palestinian…

  • The status quo continues as the ‘two state’ solution collapses

    By Daoud Kuttab A professional friend who teaches how to produce a highly entertaining TV talk show gives the following advice: begin with those who espouse the most extreme opinions and then conclude with the rational moderate centrist ones. This advice of the talk show trainer is no longer relevant in the Middle East. The…

  • The not so independent Parliament

    By Daoud Kuttab The independence of the three branches of the state is the bedrock of democracy. In Jordan, this independence, while guaranteed by the Constitution, one can still witness the inference of the executive branch. Simply following the Parliament deliberations, which are being broadcast by a local NGO live on YouTube and by Radio…

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