Links for May 8th
Links from my del.icio.us account for May 8th:
- allAfrica.com: Egypt: TV Agency Boss Facing Charges Over Food Riots, Harassed for Links With Al-Jazeera (Page 1 of 1) - Broadcaster charged over footage of 6 April riots
- Judaism is universal, by Eric Rouleau - Famed French journo on Avraham Burg's new book
- Egypt: bread riots and mill strikes, by Joel Beinin - Monde Diplomatique article on labor unrest in Egypt (subs)
- Chair (A Dream): Poetry: The New Yorker - A poem by Adonis
- Jackson Diehl - War of the Rockets - washingtonpost.com - Stupid, stupid op-ed which casts Israel as victim forced to kill children, even when Hamas rockets have not done much damage
- Where Alaa Al Aswany Is Writing From - NYT profile of bestselling Egyptian writer
- Selling the War with Iran - The Washington Note - Nir Rosen slams WaPo, Kagan, other DC wonks for so-called expertise and complete devotion to imperial thinking
- Comment nos regimes arabes modernisent… l’autoritarisme Par Hicham Ben Abdellah El Alaoui | e-Joussour - Morocco's Moulay Hisham on the modernisation of Arab authoritarianism
- An Iranian's vision of Jesus' life stirs debate - Los Angeles Times - Film shows Islamic version of Jesus as prophet but not Messiah
- Outrage Rises at U.N. Over Libya’s Disruptive Presence On Security Council - Forward.com" - Israel and Libya clash in UN Security Council
- We Weren’t Always United by Indissoluble Bonds - Forward.com" - Michael Oren on Jewish-Americans and Israel