Links 25-28 January 2012

These links are put out on Twitter first and collated here every few days.

• Art in Saudi Arabia: The picture is changing | The Economist
• Egypt's Military Custodianship - Carnegie Middle East Center
  Yezid Sayigh
• AP: Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally
  On yesterday's tiff in Tahrir.
• Conference on Arab Uprisings, March 27 | uconnpolisci
  I'll be speaking there.
• The Sleeping Salafi - By Marc Lynch | The Middle East Channel
• Tawfik Okasha and the amazingly appalling atrociousness of the fellahin - Ahram
  Contains phrase "an astounding capacity to defecate from the mouth."
• Béji: "We are all Tunisian Jews" | Informed Comment
• Why We Have a Responsibility to Protect Syria - Shadi Hamid - The Atlantic
• Another voice for intervention.
• Dennis Ross still advising Obama on regular basis, despite stepping down - Haaretz
  More appropriate that he play messenger outside admin, and sheds light on his real role when inside.
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in contact with ex-ruling party officials - Ahram
  Interesting.
• UN calls on Israel to end West Bank demolitions
• The GOP Brotherhood of Egypt - Egypt - Salon.com
  On MB's econ policy.
• Egypt's sexual counterrevolution - Egypt - Salon.com
  Khaled Diab.
• Egypt Bars Sam LaHood From Leaving - NYTimes.com
• The downside of unbridled support for Israel - Haaretz
• Top US human rights official urges Egypt to lift Emergency Law | Al-Masry Al-Youm
• Aid group quits Libyan prisons over torture - CBS News
• Egypt’s Revolutionary Narrative Breaks Down - Lauren E. Bohn | Foreign Policy
• Books in Arabic: Revolution between hard covers | The Economist
• Syria’s crisis: It looks like civil war | The Economist
• Libya’s recovery: Better than it sounds | The Economist
• How Hayek helped us to find capitalism’s flaws - FT.com
  By Occupy London.
• Media Turn Caustic as Syria Clashes With Gulf States: Noe& Raad - Bloomberg
  From the Syrian state media.
• Egypt's foreign policy a year after the revolution - Ahram
  Still run by the mukhabarat.
• Obama set to speed aid to Egypt, official says | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  RT @glcarlstrom: Reuters: Obama administration plans to accelerate aid to Egypt by shifting money from other countries.
• Guest Post: Something's Fishy in Tripoli | ZeroHedge
  On the competition between US and EU oil majors
• The myth of “isolated” Iran - Le Monde diplomatique
  Pepe Escobar
• Egyptians urge civilian rule a year on from revolt - FT.com
  A lot on MB here.
• Egypt's January 25 Redux
  Good collection of links from FP.
• “Il ne se passera rien en Egypte, les Egyptiens ne sont pas comme les Tunisiens”
  Reflections on #jan 25 by Ibn Kafka.
• ‘UAE7’ launch legal action against government
  Islamist dissidents who were stripped of nationality (not to be confused with UAE5, who were bloggers)
• Baltasar Garzon «ne sera plus jamais juge en Espagne»
  There goes the judge who might have prosecuted George W. Bush.
• Hours after his release, blogger Maikel Nabil lambasts military ruler Tantawi - Ahram
  Recently released anti-military activist @maikelnabil releases video statement rejecting SCAF's pardon.