Links 2-3 April 2011

The dome of Cairo University after heavy rains, 2011-04-03.I've made some changes to the links. First, I am now using Pinboard as my bookmarking service — a complete history of my links is available here. Secondly, these links lists will now also include some Twitter links (favorite tweets, basically) since part of my linking has shifted over to my Twitter account.

• Detained blogger's trial adjourned to Monday
  The Mikaiel Nabil trial - sent to mil. court for blogging "the people and the army are not one hand."
• Fighting to be heard in a climate of fear - Listening Post - Al Jazeera English
  Interview with Ibrahim Eissa (starts at 24m.)
• SS officers return to universty campuses, 83 Lt. Colonels recycled in other police departments
  Hossam continues to track the security reshuffle
• Sex and the Souk - NYTimes.com
  Profile of Joumana Haddad.
• Tech Talk - thoughts on oil production from the MENA countries in turmoil
• [toread] Untitled (http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/384610)
  Industry Ministry examines overturning #gold #export ban #Egypt
• The Unvanquished - Op-Art - NYTimes.com
  The view from Alaa al-Aswany's window.
• [toread] A Different Gandhi by Anita Desai | The New York Review of Books
  gR: A Different Gandhi  |  New York Review of Books  |  Apr. 2, 2011  |  17 Minutes (4,253 words): Even in his l...
• (الإخوان وتحديات الـحـرية) - إبراهيم الهضيبى
  Ibrahim Hodaiby criticizes the Muslim Brothers as they adapt to the new political environment.
• [toread] YouTube - ‫ليبيا-موطن الاحرار‬‎
  Must see: This great song is playing non stop on Misrata Free Radio (Arabic only) #libya #feb17
• [toread] Après Ben Ali, quelle police en Tunisie ?
  Article tres instructif sur l'appareil policier Tunisien
• [toread] The Dangerous US Game in Yemen | The Nation
  also very good. lots of sunday reading: RT @leloveluck: Jeremy Scahill on CT ops in Yemen:
• [toread] Bahrain bans main opposition newspaper - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
  Bahrain bans Al-Wasat, one of the only media outlets to criticize the government:
• [toread] Brian Whitaker's blog, April 2011
  Oman update: Concessions, repression ... and continuing protests
• The Magnes Zionist: Judge Goldstone's Washington Post Op-ed
  Wise commentary here.
• [toread] YouTube - TheDailyNewsEgypt's Channel
  R @DailyNewsEgypt #VIDEO: Egyptian detainee, Mohamed Radwan, comes home from Syria #Egypt #Syria
• [toread] Bedouins to establish political party, deny endorsement of Moussa | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Bedouin chiefs in Egypt say they're forming a new political party, and they're not happy with Amr Moussa:
• [toread] (404) http://t.co/Yuj4ZP5%E2%80%9D
  a friend thinks this was setup to show need for police “@AmjadAtallah: Chaos at Cairo football match -
• [toread] (500) http://vfq8g.tk
  Egypt, US 'secretly' training Libyan rebels: ...not so secret
• [toread] Libyan rebels 'receive foreign training' - Africa - Al Jazeera English
  Egypt, US 'secretly' training Libyan rebels: ...not so secret
• [toread] LRB · Slavoj Žižek · Attempts to Escape the Logic of Capitalism
  'Attempts to Escape the Logic of Capitalism': Slavoj Zizek on Vaclav Havel #archives
• [toread] News Desk: Libya: Don’t Arm the Rebels : The New Yorker
  Steve Coll (who knows Afghanistan & Pakistan) in the New Yorker: Don't arm the rebels
• [toread] إعلان طلب عروض داخلي لتوريد مواسير غاز مسيلة للدموع لزوم فرع التسليح على حساب متعهد ناكل
  U can't make this up! #Syria 's Interior Ministry advertises bid 2 buy tear gas canisters. Watch cashe (v.AngryArab)
• [toread] When the walls come tumbling down - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
  Avraham Burg: "Israel is the biggest Shtetl in the history of the world."
• [toread] BBC News - Why Washington is at a loss over Syria
  Why Washington is at a loss over #Syria
• [toread] Untitled (http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/383562)
  here we go with salafis bs, Destruction of shrines by Salafis triggers protests and condemnation #egypt #salafis #jan25
• 26 questions Egyptians are asking
  Really good op-ed by Rania Malki.
• [toread] Untitled (http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/383380)
  Rift in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Widens as Two Leaders Resign (Al-Masry al-Youm):
• Eh bien, le "musulman"... il t'emmerde ! - LeMonde.fr
  Fantastic op-ed with very French response by Muslim deputy mayor of Marseille to Sarkozy: go fuck yourself.