Links 22-31 March 2011

On still on the road, posting slow, but there's a lot more stuff I'm putting up on Twitter.

• The Polite Conference Rooms Where Liberties Are Saved and Lost | Common Dreams
  Important piece on Obama admin restrictions on freedom of expression.
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood nominates presidential candidate - The Washington Post
  Quotes me.
• BBC News - Syria crisis: Clashes spill over Lebanese border
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | The Brotherhood's engineer
  Detailed profile of Khairat al-Shater by Amira Howeidy.
• For the light to come back
  Great post on security reform by Sandmonkey.
• Rethinking U.S. Relations with a Changing Egypt
  Michele Dunne [PDF]
• Shaping Ennahda's Re-Election strategy - By Erik Churchill | The Middle East Channel
  "three principles - spend big, marginalize opponents, and blame others for failures"
• FRIDE - Islamist-led foreign policies: what implications?
  "it will be economy, not ideology, that will rule the Mediterranean in the coming years"
• America's Pakistan | MERIP
  A review of recent lit.
• Erdogan's Decade
  Hugh Pope
• Egyptian Copts call for 'Brotherhood' of their own - Ahram Online
• Le Figaro : Alger: les autorités ne tolèrent plus les débits de boissons
• Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and Political Opportunism | Al Akhbar English
  AbuKhalil says he's a "cleric for hire."
• Islamists and Arab constitutions: Put faith in writing | The Economist
• Al-Akhbar: Musa al-Sadr Died in Libya in Early 2000s
• The Copts’ case for supporting Aboul Fotouh
  Interesting argument - I like the no. 1 reason is about Shater.
• On Run, Bin Laden Had 4 Children and 5 Houses, a Wife Says - NYTimes.com
  NYTimes: On the Run, Bin Laden Had 4 Children and 5 Houses, a Wife Says // Some fascinating details here.
• Newt Gingrich: Just a flesh wound | The Economist
  "One thing we can say for sure about the American masses is that they do not want a President Gingrich"
• Egyptian army takes on Islamists to retain power | Reuters
• This is not 1954 | Egypt Independent
  Ahmed Shokr 
• 'Nose job' MP files complaint against belly dancer who says she's his wife | Egypt Independent
  ya rabb
• ‫دكتورة فى علوم الأقتصاد تفضح مصانع الأنتاج الحربي‬‎ - YouTube
  RT @SultanAlQassemi: Zeinab Abul-Magd exposes the economic empire of Egypt's military on ON TV tonight Arabic video ...
• Enabling Egypt’s Military Rulers - NYTimes.com
  RT @elijahzarwan: Enabling #Egypt’s Military Rulers: NYT vs US military aid.
• Souvenirs, Souvenirs... | Manifesta Journal
  Khaled Fahmy on Alexandria.
• Military junta takes strike-breaking into its own hands
  good reporting by jano charbel.
• FEATURE-Politics stymie Gulf's hope of sharing Qatari gas | Reuters
  Want to understand intra-GCC politics? Read this great piece on natural gas demand and supply in the GCC. Amazing stuff
• Egypt’s military ruler, Tantawi, lashes out at Muslim Brotherhood criticisms
• The final List of constituent assembly
• An Arab Citizen - مواطن عربي: Why I Feel Disappointed By Egypt's New Constituent Assembly
• Islamists dominate Egypt's constituent assembly - Ahram Online
  List of names.
• Turkey blames Syria for supporting Kurdish rebels, inches closer to military action - Haaretz
• U.S. Department of State, U.S. Support for Egypt
  Spokesman statement on aid waiver.
• Boston Review — Madawi Al-Rasheed: No Saudi Spring
  Focus on the al-Sauds hold on economy.
• Comment | Bombs Away: What Will It Take to Avoid War with Iran? - Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE | PBS
  Paul Mutter.
• Ground water 'may run out in 55 years' - The National
  By then they'll have nuclear desalinization plants right?
• Syrian refugees stranded on Syria-Jordan borders - ANSAMed.it
• On the Apparent Coup in Mali | Sahel Blog
  A great blog on an under-covered region.
• Private Eye | Official Site
  Incredibly chuffed to be quoted in this piece about Fisk.
• Blocking internet pornography a priority for telecom minister | Egypt Independent
  Nahar Eswed.
• Saudi Arabia pushing Bahrain to solve crisis, fears Syria effect | Reuters
• Former UN Atom Agency Chief: Attack Can't Stop Iran Nuclear Program - Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE | PBS
  ElBaradei.
• Despair and Continuity | MERIP
  Josh Stacher's dark take on the resumption of US aid to Egypt.
• 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