Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab (; born 1 April 1955) is a Palestinian-American journalist.

Journalism In 1980, Kuttab began his career at Al-Fajr, an English-language weekly newspaper. Over the next seven years, he was promoted to features editor and then managing editor. In 1987, he left Al-Fajr for Al-Quds, an Arabic-language daily newspaper based in East Jerusalem.

In March 2022, Kuttab was briefly detained by Jordanian authorities following a complaint regarding an article he had published in 2019 about the detention of an investor.

Awards He has won several international awards, including a 1996 International Press Freedom Award of the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists. The award was given on behalf of his struggles for press freedom in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Kuttab sits on the board of the International Press Institute, which lists him as the "Director General, Community Media Network" and "Founder, AmmanNet, Jordan."