Links 25 January - 6 February 2017

David Lynch's unjustly maligned (and actually quite good) 1984 adaption of Dune.

I don't know about you, but the most exciting news for me this week is that there may yet be another movie adaption of Frank Herbert's Dune. In other news:

• Europe’s migration trade with Egypt | MadaMasr
• Tunis Greets an Ottoman-Era History Long Banished by Its Dictators - NYT
  The new(ish) critique of Bourguiba in Tunisia
• Morocco Second (Official) - YouTube
  Pretty funny if not very PC message to Trump from Morocco
• Islamic authority rejects Egypt's move to reform divorce | Fox News
  Another sign of Azhar rejecting Sisi's meddling
• Morocco Brings the Western Sahara Issue Back to the AU - Carnegie
• Violents heurts entre manifestants et forces de l’ordre dans la province d’Al Hoceima - Le Desk
  More protests in Rif
• Que veut Nasser Zafzafi, l’activiste qui mène la contestation rifaine? - Le Desk
  Interview with Rif activist.
• Turning the tide
  The politics of irregular migration in the Sahel and Libya
• Les grandes manœuvres de Poutine en Méditerranée | Un si Proche Orient
• Apocalypse, Not! - Carnegie Middle East Center
  Algeria is not on the verge of collapse, says Dalia Ghanem-Yazbek
• Noureddine Ayouch, l’homme qui offre à l’arabe marocain ses lettres de noblesse
  On the first darija dictionary.
• Dennis Ross's advice to Trump is 'bullshit, delusional or lying,' to gut two-state concept -- Peace Now
  A reminder of the disgrace that is WINEP.
• Breitbart Staffer Turned Trump Aide Is Posterboy For New Admin’s Nationalism
  I've met this guy; he's certifiable.
• New EU Partnerships in North Africa: Potential to Backfire? | migrationpolicy.org
  Excellent piece on the central Med refugee/migration crisis.
• Prominent Human Rights Activists in Egypt Targeted by Sophisticated Hacking Attacks
• Morocco rejoins African Union after 33-year absence
• Dakhla-Sahara Session de Group Doueh et Cheveu - Culture / Next
  Cool Sahrawi-fusion music.
• The city that didn’t know where to start
  Alex Simon on Tripoli, Lebanon.
• Cairo Without End | by Yasmine El Rashidi | NYR Daily
• Sisi is the president of panic and must go, says Egypt rival | Middle East Eye
  Aboulfotouh interview in Anadolu. Courageous.
• Who can unblock Morocco? | The Economist
• Egypt’s Rickety Dictatorship - The New York Times
  Jack Shenker.
• Aleppo's Bitter Lessons
• Yemen at risk of all-out famine in 2017 | Middle East Eye
• Frank Gaffney Is Behind New Anti-Muslim Interfaith Group « LobeLog
  This confirms move to ban MB aimed at American associations.
• Egypt as “Securocratic” State | CONNECTED in CAIRO
• Report: Entire State Department Management Team Fired By Trump Admin
  Oh boy.
• Food and crisis in Egypt
• Libya Beyond ISIS: Prospects for Unity and Stability - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Black Label - Carnegie Middle East Center
  Michele Dunne and Nathan Brown on the perils of listing the MB as a FTO
• Les inquiétantes révélations de l’attentat du Nouvel An à Istanbul | Un si Proche Orient
  Jean-Pierre Filiu.
• Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist organization” puts academic researchers at risk - The Washington Post