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Daoud Kuttab (born 1955, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian journalist. 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.

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.

External links

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