Collison Course in Palestine
Following appeared in the Jordan Times Collision course Daoud Kuttab Without realising it, an American philanthropic organisation, planning to set up a $16.5 million children’s hospital in Palestine, is on a collision course with radical Jewish settlers at a time that American officials are constantly repeating calls for a contiguous and independent Palestinian state. One […]
Comprehensive approach to media needed
Thursday, July 10th, 2008, THE JORDAN TIMES Comprehensive approach to media needed Daoud Kuttab During my free time while teaching journalism at Princeton University, I agreed to a request from the International Centre for Journalists to create and supervise an online course teaching interested Arab journalists how to set up their own news website. The […]
Fabricated report about McCaine advisor draws attention in Jordan
Mideast suspicion of US foreign policy fertile grounds for rumors By Daoud Kuttab Initially it seemed like a true story. A blogger reports on a lecture given by an advisor to the republican presidential nominee making outrageously radical statements. It should have raised some eyebrows but it didn’t. The blog starts by the name of […]
AP story about AmmanNet radio
Local community radio breaks Arab sound barrier Sun, 12-11-2006 By Dale Gavlak, The Associated Press AMMAN, November 12 — The breathless caller was desperate, with nowhere else to turn: “Help me get a bedouin and his camels and sheep out of my street,†he pleaded. “The herd nearly attacked two neighborhood boys.†Another caller wanted […]
Jordanian lower house sues Radio Al Balad
Jordanian lower house sues Radio Al-Balad for “insulting” chamber LENGTH: 405 words Text of report in English by privately-owned Jordan Times newspaper on 5 March [Report by Mohammad Ghazal: “Radio Al Balad banned from broadcasting Lower House sessions”] AMMAN -The Lower House has filed a lawsuit against Radio Al Balad, formerly Ammannet, and banned it […]
There is no avoiding land for peace
There is no avoiding land for peace Daoud Kuttab After Israel’s crushing defeat and occupation of Arab lands in 1967, the United Nations introduced the concept of land for peace into the conflict by unanimously enacting Security Council Resolution 242. Much has been said about whether the resolution demands Israel to withdraw from all “the […]
So sad to see Obama kneel to AIPAC
Obama’s promises fail at the AIPAC conference By Daoud Kuttab It was so sad. To see a grown tower of a man come to his knees. Just like everyone before him, the presumptive democratic followed the suit of all US political leaders before him and bowed down at the footsteps of the pro Israel lobby. […]
Thanks, Princeton University
It ended rather quickly. After punching in the grades on the special peoplesoft web site of the university my last formal activity at Princeton University was over. In the span of this year I taught upper class students a seminar entitled New Media in the Arab world, ran a freshman seminar class entitled Authentic Arab […]
Divine Commander in chief crosses the lines
What was more dangerous than the ‘appeasement’ reference By Daoud Kuttab While the Barak Obama , Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, the media and others were correct in pouncing on President Bush for his ‘appeasement’ remark during his speech at the Israeli Knesset, an even more dangerous trend was totally ignored. In his gushing praise for […]
Israel at 60, resolution far away
By Daoud Kuttab As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the naqba, or “catastrophe” – their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as external powers, the events of 1948 and what has followed – the occupation since June 1967 of the remaining lands of historic […]