Links 25-29 June 2011

• Egypt rejection of IMF cash may slow recovery | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  More on Egypt's rejection of WB/IMF, and market reaction.
• Prime minister requests removal of seven ministers | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  Interesting.
• FT.com - Too much aid will hobble Arab spring
  An interesting argument against taking any aid.
• صور قديمة للمملكة - Twitemail
  Rare early pictures from Arabia.
• The Hindu: Egypt's poorest — the revolution's real challenge
  Jack Shenker on workers and poor people's unmet grievances in Egypt.
• Has the Revolution Left Egypt's Workers Behind? - TIME
  A good article and a good question.
• CAIRO, Egypt | U.S. fares poorly in first modern polling of Egyptian views | The Herald
  "Now, however, polling firms have a mostly free hand to ask what they will - though they apparently still aren't allowed to probe whether the Egyptian military, which runs the country, should continue receiving billions of dollars in aid from the United States."
• Egypt: Egypt's pro-democracy activists feel their grip slipping - latimes.com
  Doesn't really answer the question of how come "democrats" can't get elected.
• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Majority of Persian Gulf Arabs too afraid to protest against their leaders, new poll says - latimes.com
• The Arab Spring’s looming refugee crisis
  Important reminder of the IDP problem in Libya and Syria.
• Bab al-Yemen
  A new academic blog on Yemen, in German and English.
• The Saudi Arabian Protectorate of Bahrain
  Good post on the oil politics of Bahrain.
• Just how ready are the Muslim Brotherhood? « leloveluck
  An argument that strength of MB is overstated.
• Egypt: The Victorious Islamists by Yasmine El Rashidi | The New York Review of Books
  I'm not so pessimistic.
• والي تطوان يقايض
  Governor of northern Moroccan town Tetouan promises families of #feb20 detainees they will be released for show of support for monarchy and referendum.
• الدولة تسخر المساجد للدعاية للتصويت لصالح الدستور الجديد
  Morocco instructs imams to say Friday sermon in support of constitutional referendum.
• Egypt's Islamists use charity to win friends and votes - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com
  Note that it's Salafists they're talking about here.
• New foreign labor rules in Saudi raises Egyptian tempers | Al-Masry Al-Youm