Links 7-10 November 2011

What if I put out these links as individual short posts, but also did the roundups. Would people like that? By the way the latest links are always on my Twitter account, @arabist.

• Now is not the time to push Egypt's military on democratic elections? - CSMonitor.com
  Dan Murphy picks up on my post.
• FEATURE-Cashing in on Egypt's black cloud | Reuters
  Sounds like a good initiative.
• Israel confirms halt in Egyptian gas supplies after pipeline blast | Platts
  What, sixth attack so far?
• Jailed Egyptian Blogger's Mother on Hunger Strike - ABC News
  Laila Soueif, aka Um Alaa.
• Imiter : des villageois démunis tiennent toujours tête à l'ONA | Amazigh News
  Poor villagers oppose king's silver mine in Morocco.
• Why do Sarkozy and Obama hate Netanyahu? - PostPartisan - The Washington Post
  A fine example of the lobby at work.
• هل لديك كتاب لعلاء عبد الفتاح؟
  A great column by @alaa's father-in-law, calling on Tantawi to apologize for #Maspero.
• Disgruntled passenger tries to open plane door mid-flight | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  Grand Mufti was on plane.
• Post-Revolution Egypt Needs Orientalist Perverts | KABOBfest
  Funny but: why bother even reading HuffPo?
• Obama-Sarkozy Gaffe Proving Troublesome in Washington « LobeLog.com
  But there is no "lobby" of course
• Will Egypt's Islamists Win the Upcoming Elections? - The Daily Beast
  Good if somewhat alarmist piece set in Qena.
• Elliott Abrams: Pressure Points » Egypt’s Election Law: Too Complicated For A New Democracy
  For once I agree with Abrams.
• IISS - Signs of civil war in Syria
• IISS: Somali pirates widen their net
• Yelping with Cormac
  Very well done - check out the Apple Store one.
• Analysis of Egypt's electoral system, by IFES
  [PDF 863kb]
• Al-Qaeda affiliate flexing its muscles in the Maghreb - Right Turn - The Washington Post
  Utter bullshit agitprop by Jennifer Rubin, as usual.