Links 11-14 January 2012

• Le monde selon Gilles Kepel - Information - France Culture
  Kepel in Cairo on MB, etc. This is a weekly show so bookmark it if you speak French.
• Egypt’s Brotherhood floats immunity for generals - The Washington Post
• Emir of Qatar favors Arab troops in Syria - CBS News
  Whose troops?
• Feral Cats and Social Indicators in Bangladesh - NYTimes.com
  Horrible-but-ultimately-uplifting story by Bengladesh by @danbung
• Egypt's “Honorable Officers” Will Spend Jan 25 Anniversary in Jail
  Do read this.
• Blast kills Shia pilgrims in Basra
  At least 30 killed.
• Two Perspectives on Egypt’s Transition - Freedom at Issue
• Tunisia: Ideology v practicality | The Economist
• Egypt’s religious divisions: Not so “Happy Christmas” | The Economist
• Video and human rights: Visibility before all | The Economist
• Freedom & Justice Party FJP
  Bill Burns visits M. Morsi, marks beg. of new era, gets lectured about US policy.
• The Tunisian trend of self-immolations
• Iran and the Terrorism game
  Glenn Greenwald picks up on the double-talk used to describe the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.
• Critical Muslim | The Muslim Institute
  New mag.
• Ezzedine Choukri Fishere and Nasser Iraq make it to the Arabic Booker Shortlist - Books - Ahram Online
• Moran: The administration never really fought to close Guantanamo | The Cable
• Tunisian Colonel sacked amid fears of coup
  The tough part of transitional justice begins.
• A Loud Voice for Egyptian Resistance Movement - NYT
  Good profile of M. Hashem by Abdalla Hassan.
• Jackson Lears reviews ‘The Other Barack’ by Sally Jacobs and ‘A Singular Woman’ by Janny Scott · LRB 5 January 2012
  First sentence: "To those of us who hoped that Barack Obama’s election marked a departure from right-wing rule, the president’s failure of leadership has been stunning."
• Adversaries of Iran Said to Be Stepping Up Covert Actions - NYT
  So surely covert attacks on Israel will be fine, right?
• 19 free ebooks on journalism (for your Xmas Kindle) | Online Journalism Blog
• The Noise of Cairo (Trailer) on Vimeo
  Interesting documentary on the art scene post-revolution.