Links for 30-31 October 2010

• Portrait emerges of woman whose mummified body was found in car - Los Angeles Times
  Gross.
• Obama's task on Egyptian democracy
  Blah blah blah Egypt blah democracy blah Israel blah blah.
• Mavi Boncuk: Egyptian Cigarettes
  In the 19th c. — from an interesting blog on things Ottoman.
• More than 18 Million Jobs Needed! « iMFdirect – The IMF Blog
  In non-oil importing Arab countries.
• Can the Med rescue Beirut’s commuters? - Le Monde diplomatique
  Plans to reopen coastal railroad in Lebanon.
• The Egyptian thinker that strove to a kinder, gentler Islam - Haaretz
  Profile of the late Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid.
• American Profligacy and American Power | Foreign Affairs
  Rein the costs, stop the wars (although I suspect they underestimate this).

• AFP: Al-Jazeera slams Morocco over suspension of service
  Over Islamists and Western Sahara.
• Sara Roy on Israel-Palestine Peace « P U L S E
  On how Israel has spinned Gaza and the occupation.