Links April 25 - May 1 2015

• Mauritanian film-maker gets death threats from Salafis for film about violence against women (Arabic)
• New secular party to 'challenge religious dominance'
  Interesting if probably not influential
• Egyptian Chronicles: Another Blow to Online Media in Egypt Coming on the way !!
• Souad Massi’s New Album: Interpreting Classic Arabic Poems
  Love her, can't wait.
• Conflicting reports over Tarabin ‘war’ on Sinai militants
• A Saudi Royal Shake-Up With a Goal of Stability - NYT
• Understanding the Saudi king’s succession bombshell
• Renowned U.S. Arabist Is Second Witness to Refuse to Appear With MEK Leader | Foreign Policy
• Congress Moves to Protect Israeli Settlements
  Shame.
• Egypt’s revolution will get a shot in the arm with data that shows how government spends money
  Uhmm, very skeptical.
• The human 'mules' of Morocco
  So many countries run of women's cheap suffering..
• Efforts to Fight Extremism in Education Misses the Point, by Ursula
• Invisible Atheists: The Spread of Disbelief in the Arab World
  Interesting article on atheism in the middle east