Part I:

And part II:

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 27th through September 29th:

Mai Yamani: The Arab world’s cold war patron seems to be back | Comment is free - The ghost of Yevgeny Primakov is back to haunt us: "Today, US power in the Middle East is at its historical nadir, and Russia is seeking to fill [...]

The word is the 19 hostages are now free and healthy.
Update: Reuters says:

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 26th through September 27th:

Golan brides know there is no going back - Yahoo! News - About a bride crossing the border from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to Syria
Car Bomb in Damascus and Rise of Salafi Groups in Region - Josh Landis: "The car bomb that exploded this morning [...]

I am not a Deadhead, but having no idea until today that the Grateful Dead played at the Pyramids in 1978, I would love to see this new DVD (click on the album cover above to see the Amazon details):
Much has been written about this storied adventure: About the band’s long-standing desire to play in [...]

Facile but funny:
 
From: Henry Paulson 
Date: 9/23/2008
Subject: Supper secret transaction Need you’re help
Bright Greetings Dear American:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.
I am Ministry of Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had a crisis that has caused the need for [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 25th through September 26th:

We run the road - The National Newspaper - Nir Rosen rides with Lebanese salafists.
Theater of the Absurd: Sworn Enemies - Nir Rosen: "American troops currently hold more than 20,000 detainees in two main Iraq prisons, and unknown numbers in smaller holding facilities. Very few [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 23rd through September 25th:

The trust problem - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog - "The whole premise of the bailout push has been “We’re the grownups, we know what we’re doing, just trust us.” Sorry, but that’s how Colin Powell sold the Iraq war. [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 22nd through September 23rd:

Egyptian Policy Imperils Refugees, Migrants at Israel’s Door - washingtonpost.com - "Since the first recorded border killing in the summer of 2007, when Egyptian authorities announced a live-fire policy on the Sinai border, Egyptian security forces have shot dead at least 28 migrants as they [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 22nd:

A Mauritanian Routine: strike, frustrate and repeat « The Moor Next Door - Good post on recent (dodgy) AQIM attack in Mauritania and the wider problem of terrorism in the Maghreb
Pray silence for Bin Laden the wedding poet - Times Online - OBL's sensitive side: "POETRY by Osama [...]

An unknown gang has kidnapped tourists exploring the Western Desert near Aswan:
 
“Up to 15 people, including 11 foreign tourists, have been abducted in Egypt, according to the Italian foreign ministry and Egyptian security sources. 
The Italian foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that at least five Italian nationals were among those taken near the border with Sudan.
The [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 21st through September 22nd:

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب - Angry Arab reviews the latest Woodward book: "What is lacking in reviews of the book is the most damning conclusion: that the Bush administration was lying to the American public throughout: statements that were made in [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 19th through September 21st:

Arts and Letters: Freeing the Elephants: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - Oh, lighten up: "Babar, such interpreters have insisted, is an allegory of French colonization, as seen by the complacent colonizers: the naked African natives, represented by the “good” elephants, are brought to [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 18th through September 19th:

Desmond Tutu: Israeli shelling in Gaza may be war crime |
World news |
The Guardian - "Tutu said the Israeli attack, which hit the Athamna family house, showed "a disproportionate and reckless disregard for Palestinian civilian life".
The archbishop presented his comments in a final report to [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 18th:

Antisemitism and Islamophobia rising across Europe, survey finds |
World news |
The Guardian - Europeans increasingly dislike Jews but really many more still really can't stand Muslims
Daily News Egypt - DUWEIQA BLAME GAME BEGINS - Governorate, ministries trade blame as Doeqa disaster may lead to fall of some officials, [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 17th through September 18th:

Egypt Plans To Order U.S. Missiles - MiddleEastNewsline - For all that tank warfare that the Egyptian army is engaged in: "Egypt has requested the TOW-2A anti-armor guided missile from the United States. The Bush administration has approved the sale of up to 6,900 TOW-2A
missiles [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 16th through September 17th:

Daily News Egypt - HOMELESS DUWEIQA VICTIMS FORCIBLY REMOVED FOLLOWING PROTEST - “They swore at us, hit us with sticks and used dogs against us,” resident Hala Ismail, who is pregnant, told Daily News Egypt.
FT.com / World - Mideast states urged to prop up stocks [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 14th through September 15th:

Daily News Egypt - A GAZAN EDUCATION - Op-ed by Gazan student blocked from studying abroad
Egyptian ‘live-fire’ policy imperils African migrants - The Boston Globe - On Egypt's policy of shooting African refugees trying to cross into Israel
New Statesman - Inside Iran - Special issue [...]

Be sure to check out the revamped website of the Arab Reform Bulletin, which now aims to be a continuously updated site with news as well as the monthly analysis we’ve come to know and love.
Of particular interest in the current issue is an article by Hossam Tammam, a leading Egyptian analyst of Islamist [...]

Links from my del.icio.us account for September 9th through September 11th:

Arab Reform Bulletin - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - The Arab Reform Bulletin's swanky revamped website, great resource
Egypt (Foreign Policy Blogs) - Foreign policy blogs, collection of US foreign policy-centered blogs, recently started an Egypt blog with some good contributions from Cairo-based researcher [...]