Links 17-20 January 2013

• A Disaster 50 Years in The Making « Dekhnstan
• Ten Things Libya Can Learn From Egypt’s Constitution - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
  Cautionary advice.
• PANORAMA - Egypt Photography صور مصرية » The battle over Qorsaya Island (2007-2012) الصراع على جزيرة القرصاية
  Egyptian military's landgrab in the middle of Cairo.
• Egyptian Aak: Week 3 | Nervana
  tons of good links.
• Musicians of Mali fight for nation's soul - The Independent
  "In Bamako, there is strong support for the French action; critics who see it as some kind of neo-colonialist invasion appear absurdly ill-informed"
• QIZ: Egyptian jeans under the patronage of The Muslim Brotherhood - Ahram Online
  Wael Gamal's blistering article.
• Karl reMarks: A Beginner’s Guide to al-Qaeda's One-Eyed, Cross-Eyed, and Blind Leaders and Movements in Al-Maghreb
  Very funny.
• An Arab Citizen - مواطن عربي: On Hani Shukrallah
  Bassem Sabry on L'affaire Hani Bis.
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: An illustrated history. - Slate Magazine
  not bad though some factual errors.
• Le Nord-Mali entre Touaregs et jihadistes - Libération
  On the MNLA and their coming recruitment against Islamists.
• The crisis in Mali and Algeria: Jihad in the Sahara | The Economist
• Ancient Egypt: The beautiful one has come | The Economist
  On the bust of Nefertiti
• Algérie. Rachid Grim : « La diplomatie algérienne est influencée par les tuteurs arabes des mouvements salafistes » (Première partie) - lecourrierdelatlas.com
• The European Council on Foreign Relations | ECFR's blog. Mali and Algeria: they told us so
• Militants: 35 hostages dead in Algerian copter attack - CBS News
  Putin style.
• Vice president nominated as Vatican ambassador, diplomatic sources say | Egypt Independent
  Position finally filled.
• THE NILE PROJECT | MUSIC OF THE NILE
  Look neat, Cairo concert 31 Jan.
• Egyptian court sentences Christian family to 15 years for converting from Islam | Fox News
  Sigh.
• How a Government Report Spread a Questionable Claim About Iran - ProPublica
• Is AIPAC Waging A Shadow War On Hagel? | Alternet
  Max Blumenthal.
• Lost Tribes - By Daniel Levy | Foreign Policy
  Apparently Israeli politics kile Seinfeld - about nothing.
• Al Qaeda Country - By Peter Chilson | Foreign Policy
  Some historical comparisons re: Mali.
• Blame the 'OmniOpposition' - Daily News Egypt
• During "ceremony of shame" Pr. Ahmed Zewail Returns Nobel Prize to King of Sweden - YouTube
  Spoof video.
• Blocking the Casbah: Le Corbusier’s Algerian Fantasy By Brian Ackley | Bidoun Projects
  On Corbusier and his Algerian fantasy