Links April 1-7 2012

On my way back to Egypt, after an absence from all the exhausting mayhem.

• Muslim Brotherhood: We will not put Egypt-Israel peace treaty to referendum - Haaretz
• Qatar and Saudi Arabia at odds over Shater’s nomination | Egypt Independent
  Sultan Qassemi has good details here.
• Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh - Meet the candidates - Presidential elections 2012 - Ahram Online
• No fixed timeline to conclude Egypt loan talks: IMF - Economy - Business - Ahram Online
• دستور للمصريين.. لا معركة مع الإسلاميين - رباب المهدى - بوابة الشروق
   Good piece from Rabab El Mahdi on constit'l comm
• Caretaker pope demands more Coptic representation on constitutional panel | Egypt Independent
  Egypt's Brotherhood launches U.S. diplomatic push | News by Country | Reuters
• Egypt says no IMF agreement until June - DNE
• Abol Fotouh to Hiwar: “I am against the MB declaring support to candidate”.
• Incredible NASA images of Saudi Arabia’s careless use of water | Grist
• Egypt's Looming Economic Shock Doctrine | The Nation
  Sherif Abdel Quddous
• The internet in the Middle East: The Arab Spring’s online backlash | The Economist
• Political Imaginaries in Saudi Arabia: Revolutionaries without A Revolution
• Guest Post: Byrne in Tunisia « The Moor Next Door
• Don’t Fear a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East - By Steven A. Cook | Foreign Policy
• Abul-Fotouh fears voter buyout in upcoming presidential elections - Ahram
  Fears Egypt could be 'run by imbeciles again'
• U.S. and Other Countries Move to Increase Assistance to Syrian Rebels - NYTimes.com
  "Salaried" rebels?
• Swedish minister quits after Saudi arms row - Al Jazeera English
• Beyond Tahrir: Public Opinion post #Jan25
  Hisham Hellyer.