By Daoud Kuttab AMMAN – Anthropologists define themselves as scientists who observe the behaviour of people. I doubt that there were any anthropologists[…]

The following appeared in the New York Times Magazine October 4, 2009 Can the Muppets Make Friends in Ramallah? By SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO[…]

By Daoud Kuttab One of the most frustrating things about the American policy towards the Middle East is how Israel seems to always[…]

Israel and the Gaza War Published: September 24, 2009 To the Editor: Re “The Gaza Report’s Wasted Opportunity,” by David Landau (Op-Ed, Sept.[…]

The summit meeting between President Obama with Palestinian and Israeli leaders in New York yesterday might have been necessary. But for serious negotiations[…]

In the service of the community By Daoud Kuttab Jordan, like many other Arab countries, seems to be having a hard time understanding[…]

by Daoud Kuttab This cycle has become so bizarre and confusing that Palestinians are not sure whether they should hope for continued tensions[…]

OPINION (LA Times) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is moving the process forward. By Daoud Kuttab September 10, 2009 Writing From Ramallah,[…]

by Daoud Kuttab Palestinian nationalism has been a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, one cannot underestimate the important role it[…]

By Daoud Kuttab Except for a short encounter on a plane years ago, I had never met in person Salam Fayyad. I certainly[…]