With Obama election, there’s hope for the Mideast
by Daoud Kuttab A curious thing has happened as Americans were choosing their first black president. Democracy suddenly ceased to be a bad word for many genuine democrats in the Middle East. In the aftermaths of the war on Iraq and as part of President Bush’s attempts to win the hearts and minds of Arabs, […]
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In Mideast, Obama Just Needs to Implement Agreements
The Huffington Post NOVEMBER 5, 2008 Daoud Kuttab Posted November 5, 2008 | 11:17 AM (EST) In Mideast, Obama Just Needs to Implement Agreements My eighteen year-old daughter Tania who is a freshman at Easter University in Philadelphia woke me up Wednesday morning with an exciting voice. “Dad, we won. I voted today and we […]
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This Bad Era Will Soon Be Over
This Bad Era Will Soon Be Over Not that professor Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University needs my help, but I couldn’t help staying quiet as the Republican smear machine picked on this soft-speaking American of Palestinian origin. I first met Professor Khalidi in the old city of Jerusalem. He was on a multi year summer […]
Palestinian academic: Hamas, Fatah waging ‘nasty’ war online
From Haaretz Palestinian academic Daoud Kuttab warned Monday that while the digital era has seen greater media freedom in the Arab world, Hamas and Fatah are using technology in a negative way in their battle for supremacy in the Palestinian territories. Kuttab, who was speaking at a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Peres […]
Towards a winning Palestinian strategy
Following appeared in the Jordan Times Daoud Kuttab I must say I wasn’t surprised when I read the statements made by outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I had been informed by an Israeli friend of mine about Olmert’s dramatic conversion over the past few years, and especially last year. The […]
Evangelical Palin Violating Biblical Command
Daoud Kuttab Posted on the Huffington Post October 6, 2008 | 06:23 PM (EST) I was astonished as I read the details of Sarah and Todd Palin’s 2006 and 2007 tax returns. What triggered my attention was the line item on the percentage of the Evangelical couple’s contributions to charity. Normally this line item can […]
Maybe the time is ripe for national unity
Daoud Kuttab I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that the upcoming Palestinian national unity talks have a better chance at success than in previous times. I am not naive. This optimistic prediction can turn out terribly wrong, but I think the time is now ripe, the parties are much more realistic in […]
Arabs and the Olympics
The Arabs and the Olympics Daoud Kuttab As we watched the Olympics, my nine-year-old daughter Dina kept on hounding me this week. Where are the Arabs, she kept on asking every time a medal was issued? Where are the Palestinians, where are the Jordanians she kept on asking every time a list of players was […]