Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab (born 1955, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian journalist.^[1][2] He is considered to be a moderate voice among the Palestinians. He is the director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al Quds University and founder/general director of "AmmanNet", the Arab world's first internet radio station. He is a regular columnist for the Jordan Times, the Jerusalem Post, Amin.org and The Washington Post's PostGlobal segment.^[3]

Resumé

• Founder and director of the "Institute of Modern Media" at Al Quds University in Ramallah, Palestine 1996–present. Within the Institute, he has established the "Al Quds Educational Television Station" which combines public service broadcasting with community television.
• Founder and Director of the first Internet-radio station in the Arab World, AmmanNet 1999–present.
• Established in 1995 the "Arabic Media Internet Network" (AMIN) www.amin.org . An internet site that attempts to provide alternative media content in Arabic.
• Co-Director of "Internews Middle East Institute" in Jerusalem in 1994.
• Founder and president of the "Jerusalem Film Institute" 1990-1995.
• Columnist with Al-Quds Daily 1987-1993 where he conducted exclusive interviews with Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and other leaders.
• Managing Editor of "Al Fajr Weekly" in English 1982-1987
• Columnist with the The Jordan Times, Gulf News, The Jerusalem Post, and The Beirut Times.
• Carried out training workshops in Iran as a UNESCO media expert, 2000 & 2002
• Executive Director in the following films: "Palestinian Diaries", 1989 Channel 4, UK, Ikon TV, "We Are God’s People", 1990 Channel 4, "Jerusalem Under Siege", 1991, Al Quds Television Productions. "Marda, a Story of a Land", 1992 National Association of Arab Americans, "On the Edge of Peace", 1994 Channel 4,.

Awards

He has won numerous international awards, including the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards, the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, and the Leipzeg Media Institute award. He is also on the International Press Institute's list of 50 Press Freedom Heroes.

References

1. ^ Schmemann, Serge (22 May 1997). "Palestinians Detain Reporter Who Is Said to Have Irked Arafat". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D10FB3F5F0C718EDDAC0894DF494D81. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
2. ^ Kuttab's Personal Website, http://www.daoudkuttab.com/?page_id=425 
3. ^ Weblog at Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daoud-kuttab, retrieved 14 December 2010 

External links

• Official website
• AmmanNet, Internet radio station
• The Arab Radio Internet Network

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Name	Kuttab
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Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Jerusalem
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