Links March 19-21 2012

A mixed bag of tricks.

• Jadaliyya Launches Maghreb Page
  Great news.
• PA committee agrees to annul article 6 of military judicial law - DNE
  re: referring civs to mil court.
• STRATEGIC BREADTH AND DEPTH: AN ONLINE SYMPOSIUM ON TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
• The violent struggle for power in Syria
  Report by German think-tank SWP. [PDF]
• Midnight for the SCAF's Cinderella Story - By Nathan J. Brown
• Open Letter to the Leaders of the Syrian Opposition | Human Rights Watch
• Maikel Nabil Sanad: The Message From Egypt's Generals - WSJ.com
  I really dislike this pandering.
• Syrian Kurdish Cards | MERIP
  Kurds and the uprising.
• Concerns mount over missing Turkish journalists in Syria
• Un coup de jeune pour l’arabe : la langue métissée de l’internet
  On "Arabish"
• Water deficit may cost Egypt $11 bln annually: World Bank
• Nour Party spokesperson: Minute of silence not mentioned in Islam | Egypt Independent
  what dicks.
• US economic model broken, says survey - FT.com
  "Fairness was the biggest perceived flaw in the economic model"
• Saudi Arabia moves to calm oil market - FT.com
  Got Obama's back, keeping Iran unhappy.
• Sonallah Ibrahim on Writing about Sex & How He Constructs Novels | Arabic Literature (in English)
• State Dept. Seeks Firing of Peter Van Buren, Whistleblower Who Exposed Wasteful Iraq Projects by Democracy Now! on SoundCloud
• The Syrian Regime's Business Backbone | Middle East Research and Information Project
  Bassam Haddad.
• When dictators tweet - Salon.com
• A Family Under Siege: The Khawajas in Bahrain
• Women's movement: A stop at Egypt's socialist era | Egypt Independent
• Arab Reform Initiative: Mubarak (1990-2011): The State of Corruption
  [PDF]
• The scenario of Egypt’s consensus president | Egypt Independent
  A cogently argued piece by Amr Abdulrahman.
• An Emerging Memorial Space? In Praise of Mohammed Mahmud Street
  Mona Abaza on graffiti in Downtown Cairo.
• Neil Hicks: Don't Return to Business as Usual in Egypt: Link Foreign Aid to Democratic Progress in Egypt
  As much as I hate to link to HuffPo.
• New visa introduced for Arab Spring nationals - The Independent
  More visa bureaucracy, just for transiting!
• Egypt, Hamas spar over Gaza electricity crisis - JPost
  Interesting story, but this site is the worst design-wise.
• Deactivating Egypt's land mines through nitrogen-hungry plants | Egypt Independent
• Egypt's military struggles with Sinai, its white elephant | Egypt Independent
• Abul Fotouh: A Revolution’s Choice of Last Resort? | Al Akhbar English
  Abul Fotouh: A Revolution’s Choice of Last Resort? - interesting read by @Linaattalah #Egypt