Links 2-9 December 2011
Will try to do these linkdumps more regularly, promise.
- Political Islam: Everywhere on the rise | The Economist
Good long piece on Islamists, diff. btw MB and Salafis.
- Lexington: The wretched Middle East | The Economist
Vehemently disagree with this.
- Israel and the Islamists: Oh no! But let’s talk, maybe | The Economist
- Salafi satellite TV in Egypt
Recommended re-reading this 2009 piece.
- Most Israelis Favour a Nuclear-Free Middle East, Poll Shows - IPS
Pretty surprising.
- Max Blumenthal Responds To Sleaze Campaign Waged By Atlantic Monthly’s Ex-Detention Camp Guard Jeffrey Goldberg…And Why The Atlantic Monthly’s Sleaze Reminds Us Of Putin’s Russia… - By Max Blumenthal and Mark Ames - The eXiled
- ElBaradei: Parliament should monitor military budget, activities | Al-Masry Al-Youm
- An Arab Citizen - مواطن عربي: Highlights Of The Decree Creating Egypt's Consultative Council
Useful.
- The Inevitable Rise of Egypt's Islamists - Thanassis Cambanis - The Atlantic
- Peter Beinart Is Right—or, a One-State Solution Is Inevitable if Settlements Continue - Jeffrey Goldberg
Did Goldberg just say he wants ALL settlements to be closed?
- Ultraconservative Islamist Party Reshapes Egypt's Politics - The Daily Beast
Our own @1ursulina on the Salafists.
- Internal April 6 Dynamics, Egyptian Politics, and Outlooks for the Future: An Interview with Ahmed Maher
- Israel isn't good for the Jews
Phil Weiss.
- Is it time for a new regulatory model for Egyptian broadcasting? | Al-Masry Al-Youm
- Full transcript of interview with Palestinian professor Rashid Khalidi - Haaretz
- Moroccan justice: sold to highest bidder
AP's Paul Schemm on judicial reform (or lack thereof) in Morocco.
- Rached Ghannouchi: The FP Interview - By Marc Lynch
- In courts and picket lines, workers try to reverse corrupt privatization | Al-Masry Al-Youm
- Slavoj Zizek Rants: Sex, Recycling and Avatar - YouTube
This is actually a pretty good Zizek parody
- Libya’s Weapons Are an Uprising’s Deadly Legacy - NYTimes.com
Stupid guns.
- Résultats des élections législatives 2011
Great site on Moroccan elections.
- Should Egypt Fear the Rise of the Salafis? - Ed Husain - International - The Atlantic
RT @Daloosh Two great and timely pieces about #Egypt's Salafis by @Ed_Husain: — and @LaurenBohn:
- Time for an independent conversation | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
#EGYPT #English edition #newspaper called out its Arabic owner for self-censoring anti #SCAF commentary. #Jan25
- Left Behind
TBE on Egyptian liberals, etc.
- Thawra Stats
@arabist you should checkout they made some polls with Newsweek as well. #Tahrir #right2vote #Egyelection #egypt
- ANALYSIS: Salafis sense best is yet to come in Egypt vote
On Salafists.
- Alexandria votes for its Islamist sons, with dangerously high expectations - News - Elections 2011 - Ahram Online
Odd but engaging reporting style.
- Morocco's Islamist Prime Minister - By Avi Spiegel
Interesting: PJD as a jobs program!
- Egypt: Islamist Leader Downplays Fears of Takeover - ABC News
MB makes parliamentary-govt move.
- Continuity in the Kingdom: Morocco’s New Islamist Ruling Party | Think Africa Press
On the PJD.
- Data from Egypt (Parliament elections, referendum, etc.) - Home
This site has tons of electoral charts.
- Which Islamists? - By Hani Sabra | The Call
Hani Sabra on the Islamist spectrum in Egypt.
- The Amilcar Notes – 1…Zine al Abedine Ben Ali’s Sorry Legacy: Repression, Torture and Death « Rob Prince's Blog
Snapshots from Ben Ali's Tunsisia torture and brutality
- Egypt's artists brace for Islamist rule - Ahram Online
- New Left Project | Articles | Class and Capitalism in the Gulf – The Political Economy of the GCC
- Morocco: 2011 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
RT @MoorishWanderer: Le rapport exhaustif Art IV du FMI pour le Maroc. À lire! (versions fr/eng) #Morocco #economie
- A fire lit in Tottenham that burned Manchester: the rioters' story | UK news | The Guardian
If you read one thing today: @PaulLewis's gripping account of three days of riots as told by the rioters
- AL-BAB: an open door to the Arab world
RT @Brian_Whit: Syrian blogger arrested. Campaign launched to free Razan Ghazzawi () #FreeRazan
- Brian Whitaker's blog, November 2011
RT @Brian_Whit: Syrian blogger arrested. Campaign launched to free Razan Ghazzawi () #FreeRazan
- YouTube - Truth About Qatief Events 21/11/2011
RT @Hammonda1: from Jaafar al-Shayeb, video of events in Qatif #saudi
- SCAF: Egypt has refused foreign aid with political strings attached | Al-Masry Al-Youm
Sounds untrue.
- The November Uprising « 3arabawy
Hossam's take: more protests coming, elections or not.
- Betraying the revolution? | Al-Masry Al-Youm
Maria Golia on the boycott.
- Brotherhood’s quandary | Al-Masry Al-Youm
Khalil Enani on the MB's Tahrir calculations.
- Egypt: Testing America's tolerance for Arab democracy | Al-Masry Al-Youm
Steve Heydemann.
- Egyptian election results raises questions over country’s relations with U.S.
Did WINEP try to push Obama admin to pressure SCAF on holding presidential elections first?
- Why Egypt’s Salafis are Not the Amish
Don't play this down.
- Egypt’s Elections in Comparative Perspective: Looking to the Future
interesting comparison to eastern europe.
- Preparing Mubarak's grave?
interesting pic.
- Is There a Middle East?
New book on the question.