http://arabist.net Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:00:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Links from my del.icio.us account for July 16th through July 17th: The New Arab Diplomacy: Not With the U.S. and Not Against the U.S. - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Carnegie paper says Arab states are breaking from US diplomatic priorities, Gulf stronger, Egypt weak Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel in ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/07/17/links-july-16th-to-july-17th/ Links from my del.icio.us account for July 9th through July 13th: IkhwanWeb: Brotherhood MP Calls on Gov’t to Fight Sexual Harassment of Tourists - Good idea, but how about fighting sexual harassment period? Ex-Diplomat Sentenced for Anti-Arab Threats - US diplomat has sent "only good Arab is a dead Arab" theat to ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/07/13/links-july-9th-to-july-13th/ AUC / Stanford Professor Joel Beinin, a leading expert on the Egyptian labor movement, has an article about the wave of strikes in Egypt over the past two years in the wonderfully designed magazine Waghett Nazar, a kind of Egyptian New York of Review of Books (only better looking). ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/07/09/beinin-in-wugahat-al-nadhr/ Links from my del.icio.us account for July 7th through July 8th: FT.com / World - Gulf states urged to rethink dollar pegs - Sooner or later it will happen Egypt summons Iranian diplomat over Sadat film - Reuters.com - Note that this happens as the Egyptian press is full of anti-Shia conspiracy ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/07/08/links-july-7th-to-july-8th/ I was asked a while back to contribute a guest post to Washington Post reporter Jack Fairweather's blog "Islam's Advance" (about "Islam influencing and adapting to the modern world"). I ended up writing on a phenomenon that has interested me for a while, every since I read Patrick Haenni's ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/07/08/market-islam/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 23rd through July 4th: Almasry Alyoum: Opinion Poll: Gov't Unfair; People's Assembly Hypocrite; Local Administration Loose - Is your local councilman a slut? Joking aside, figures show self-perception of Egyptians as helpless and downtrodden Almasry Alyoum - Ministry Of Interior Calls Scholars To Train State ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/07/04/links-june-23rd-to-july-4th/ Egypt recently passed a new Child's Law. One of the most controversial parts of the law was the criminalization of female circumcision, or FGM. I just did a story on this for yesterday's edition of The World. One things I discovered is that while the figure that's commonly mentioned is that ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/26/fgm-ban/ I was sent this image in an email forward. The text says: "You can't stop them, but you can protect yourself." Two obvious (and rhetorical) questions: Can we really not stop harassment? And does veiling really "protect" you? http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/25/veil-your-lollipop/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 19th: Daily News Egypt - POLICE IN SEARCH OF AMERICAN TOURIST WITH FOOTAGE “MARRING EGYPT’S IMAGE” - The hunt for red khawaga LRB · Norman Dombey: At Al Kibar - If someone has access to this article about the attack on Syria's nuclear reactor ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/19/links-for-june-19th/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 18th: Al Hayat | The Ambassador's Dog - US Amb. Scobey's dog's death poisons Egypt-US relations? Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza truce Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza truce | Top News | Reuters - Egypt brokers ceasefire BBC NEWS | Middle East | ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/18/links-for-june-18th/ Egyptian health officials have been gearing up for anti-smoking campaign for a few months, and a few weeks ago new warning labels appeared on the humble Masri pack of Cleopatras and other local and international brands. It's a big marketing shift in a country of permanent smokers where the state-owned ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/17/egyptian-anti-smoking-warning-labels/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 14th through June 16th: Egypt's celebrated film director Chahine in coma - Yahoo! News - In treatment in Paris The New US Ambassador to Egypt (and her Dog) - The Scobey's dog story is out! Amusing TIME article about their Middle East correspondents in the 1950s ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/16/links-june-14th-to-june-16th/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 12th through June 14th: Knesset Hawks Move To Strip Arabic of Official Status in Israel - Forward.com" - Bill seeks to make Hebrew only official language of Zionistan Bashar Will Always Have Paris: Obama has AIPAC - Landis on Assad and Sarko's reconciliation BBC NEWS | ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/14/links-june-12th-to-june-14th/ We are launching a new blog under the Arabist umbrella. This is something we've been thinking of for some time and let's just say that it's going to be my summer project. Please check out The Arabist Review, which will be dedicated to covering arts and culture in Cairo and ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/12/announcement/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 12th: Welsh speaker boycotts Israeli ambassador (AFP) - Not a lot of Jews in Wales, I guess Barak: Labor will back dissolving Israel Knesset (AP) - Yet another political crisis in Israel The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/12/links-for-june-12th/ Gotta love it: CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered an extension to exam time at a school south of Cairo after his convoy brought traffic to a standstill causing students to show up late, according to Thursday's press. "A humanitarian gesture by Father Mubarak to high school students of Six ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/12/father-of-nation-cares-about-the-little-people/ http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/12/al-jazeera-tries-to-report-on-aipac-conference-told-to-off/ Links from my del.icio.us account for June 8th through June 10th: New boss is determined to keep the faith at Al-Jazeera | Media | The Observer - New MD at Al-J English faces distribution discrimination Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Can Qatar do it again? - Is Qatar trying to do for ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/10/links-june-8th-to-june-10th/ Links from my del.icio.us account for May 31st through June 4th: The Daily Star - Politics - Cairo bars rights group from UN AIDS talks - Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, which fights for AIDS rights, blacklisted by own govt ei: Haaretz.com promotes website advocating genocide and terrorism - Rather nasty Al-Qaeda chief ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/06/04/links-may-31st-to-june-4th/ Links from my del.icio.us account for May 27th through May 29th: The Magnes Zionist: Haaretz Rumored to Have Fired Amira Hass and Meron Rapoport - Rumors that two of the best Israeli journalists covering the OTs are fired (TBC) MotherJones Blog: American Jewish Committee Won't Touch Hagee on Holocaust; Silence from AIPAC, ... http://arabist.net/archives/2008/05/29/links-may-27th-to-may-29th/