Automatically posted links for January 15th through January 19th:

• Comment is free: Out of Egypt - Khaled Diab talks about the wave of Egyptian exile


• Hussein Agha and Robert Malley - Middle East Triangle - Argument for three-way deal between Hamas, Israel and Fatah


• Rantings of a Sandmonkey » Google takes down Kefaya - SM says Google is blocking Kefaya site from its results - to be followed


• PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER TALK OF SUBSIDY REFORM - Detailed business story on subsidies


• Bread, the (subsidized) staff of life in Egypt - International Herald Tribune - Slackman writes on bread subsidies


• Bedouin named consul general to Alexandria - Israeli consul in Alex is Bedouin


• Le Monde.fr : Colère de l'Egypte après l'adoption au Parlement européen d'un texte sur les droits de l'homme - Euro parliament resolution on Egypt rights leads to 27 ambassadors being summoned


• NPR : Egypt Produces Squash Champions - Why does Egypt have 15 out of the top 20 players in the world?

Automatically posted links for January 9th through January 10th:

• ??????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?«?????» ??????? - Egypt cuts subsidies on food oils, etc.


• 151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion - WHO, Iraq Gov says revises death tool (1/4 that of Lancet)


• Has the Era of Cheap Oil and Food Prices Ended? - Walid Khadduri addresses top question in many Arabs' minds


• Can the Middle East sustain democracy? Middle East Strategy at Harvard - Debate on Arab democracy - Alterman, Dunne, Carpenter, etc. in comments


• La rééducation des terroristes d'Arabie saoudite - Jihadi re-education: to do jihad, make sure the Saudi Gov says it's OK


• US candidates are vague on Middle East democracy - Steven Cook examines -- Edwards has most concrete plans


• Jacob?s Jottings: The Case of Fouad Ajami The National Interest - Another Ajami takedown, this time on his newfound Huntingtonism


• Rehabilitating Libya - International Herald Tribune - Op-ed reminds of Libya's nastiness -- or does it not count when victims are not Western?


• Democracy: inevitable no more - M. Albright on democracy, but she was never a supporter of Arab democracy


• Saudi Calls on Sarkozy to Visit Alone - After some in Egypt were outraged by Sarko's new girlfriend, Saudi draws the line

Automatically posted links for November 29th:

• Toward a New U.S.-Middle East Strategy - Saban Center (eeekh!) and CFR team up for Mideast policy recommendations for next prez


• Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him - washingtonpost.com - "Obama aides sharply disputed the initial stories suggesting that he was a Muslim, and in Iowa, the campaign keeps a letter at its offices, signed by five members of the local clergy, vouching for the candidate's Christian faith." I like these conspiracy


• 1973 U.S. Cable on Mideast Mirrors Current Events - washingtonpost.com - "In January 1974, with the Watergate scandal making headlines, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat wrote in a secret letter to Faisal that President Richard M. Nixon "could easily be impeached" and that "Arabs must do everything they can to strengthen" Nixon, a


• Seven Years for Murder - More Egyptian police officers sentenced for torture


• Trappist Command: Thou Shalt Not Buy Too Much of Our Beer - WSJ.com - I have had this beer, and it really is something else. It tingles against your palate and feels incredibly velvety and smooth. The bizarre sensation lingers a long time, numbing your mouth, and its bouquet is very subtle for such a strong beer, with very


• L?affaire du faux mariage homosexuel s?avère être une manipulation politique - This article (from a very pro-regime newspaper) accuses the Islamist movement in Morocco that is close to the PJD of nearly lynching a man involved in a rather sordid affair of "homosexual marriage" in northern Morocco. If you check at-Tajdid, the PJD-fri


• ??? ????? - The site of Muslim Brotherhood activist and blogger Ahmed Mohsen, who was arrested in Fayoum along with 25 people who were apparently planning their strategy to contest next year's municipal elections


• New term for Egypt CB governor - al-Okdah's reappointment should squash persistent rumors that he is in the running for becoming PM. Nazif probably to stay for another year at least


• Saudis See Potential for Influence in Sharif - WSJ.com - An interesting look at Saudi policy towards Pak, based on the fall of Musharraf


• Al Jadid Magazine - New issue of US-based Arab culture mag out, including a look at the World Press Photo pic from Lebanon, an interview with Alaa al-Aswany, and a lot more