Links October 5-7 2010

• Ikhras | Shutting up is golden

  Cool blog attacking ATFP and other craven Arabs.

• An innovative Moroccan magazine closes: Shutting up shop | The Economist

  On Nichane and the king's role in the economy.

• School's out for Egypt's sex education | Mohamed El Dahshan

  Education Ministry cancels sex-ed. Why?

• Glenn Beck: Dana Milbank’s Tears of a Clown Excerpt - The Daily Beast

  This man represents the cultural implosion of a part of America.

• Blue Skies

  An interesting new blog by an American friend.

• Why Adonis should win the Nobel | Gerard Russell

  This is why the Nobel lit prize is crap: people want to award it for political reasons.

• Laila Lalami » Blog Archive » I Am Fodail Aberkane

  On torture case in Morocco.

• Shadow War: Hunting Iranian Arms Brokers | Philadelphia Inquirer

  Fascinating look at sting operation againt Iranian arms importers.

• Iraqi Festival Falls Prey to the Forces of Democracy - NYTimes

  Does it really?

• The Jew-who-turned-communist: Celebrating Youssef Darwish | Al-Masry Al-Youm

  Celebrating a legend of the Egyptian left.