Links 9-13 July 2012

Please do continue to leave suggestions on how to improve the links list (presentation, frequency, etc.), I am listening.

• In Simply Meeting, Egyptian and Saudi Leaders Open New Era - NYTimes.com
• Le dernier roman de Mohamed LAFTEH : lu et vu par un twitto marocain.
• Oman condemned for sentencing activists - FT.com
• Ship owner not aware of Syrian helicopters - FT.com
  Was carrying assault copters.
• Le Figaro - International : Mali : Fabius juge probable l'usage de la force
• The end game in Syria
  Heydemann: opp's fragmentation no longer an obstacle
• Twitter and the Arab Spring: New Evidence
  Most clicks from outside region.
• What's going on in Israel?
• Egypt: Brothers v generals, again | The Economist
• Libya’s election: A big step for a battered country | The Economist
• Egypt Unlikely to Reach IMF Loan Pact in 2012, Official Says - Businessweek
  Rabbina yustur.
• The Syrian opposition: who's doing the talking? | Charlie Skelton | Comment is free
  Weird conspiratorial list, no grassroots.
• The Country That Is the World: Syria’s Clashing Communities | World Affairs Journal
  Charles Glass.
• Dissent Magazine - A Conversation with Khaled Abou El Fadl on the Trials of Egyptian Democracy
  This guy either has privileged info or many things wrong.
• Most Muslims Want Democracy, Personal Freedoms, and Islam in Political Life | Pew Global Attitudes Project
  Encouraging indicators here.
• Egypt’s Overhyped Parliamentary Showdown - The Daily Beast
  Ashraf Khalil
• Syria's many new friends are a self-interested bunch - The National
  Charles Glass.
• The Egyptian Revolution: Results and Prospects - Hossam el-Hamalawy & Charlie Kimber - Marxism 2012
  Great speech, starts with very good explanation of the importance of strikes in pre-#jan25 Egypt.
• What the Brotherhood Lost - Sada
  Far too speculative.
• With Europe in crisis, Egypt must reverse course | Egypt Independent
• Arab Spring in Sudan could resemble Syria: former PM | Reuters
  al-Mahdi.
• Notes from the Underground: Calling in the Dark
  "The idea that the revolution is successful is the biggest adversary to the reality that the revolution is ongoing."
• Israeli settler population surges under Netanyahu - SFGate
  If someone suggests to you that time is running out for the 2-state solution, punch him in the face.
• Walls Of Palestinian Homes Come Tumbling Down : NPR
• Mali: Counter-terrorism and the benefits of doing nothing - Al Jazeera English
  Robert Grenier.
• France says military intervention in Mali ‘probable’ as U.S. authorizes $10 mln for refugees
• The Power of Social Media in Saudi Arabia | TIME.com
  In Saudi Arabia, Dissent is Alive and Well, But Only Online or in Private by @jacobtemplin for @Time
• Mysterious fatal crash provides rare glimpse of U.S. commandos in Mali - WaPo
  Featuring Moroccan prostitutes...
• Egypt lost in caliphate vs. civil state debate - Daily News Egypt
• Tunisian democracy threatened by weak opposition | The Guardian
  Younger Tunisians feel excluded for politics.
• Officials: Feared al-Qaida offshoot neutralized  | ajc.com
  AQIM out of Algeria... into the Sahel?
• Cairobserver — It's Countryside- Life outside Cairo
  Short film.
• Op-ed: Egypt’s fragmented politics
  Nate Wright.
• Libya’s Ex-Oil Minister Died Naturally, Vienna Prosecutor Says- Bloomberg
• How Morocco Dodged the Arab Spring by Nicolas Pelham | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
• Train Wreck Along the Nile - By Nathan J. Brown | Foreign Policy
• Syria, Where You Don’t Always Get What You Want - By Brian Fishman | The Middle East Channel
  What you want vs what you might get in Syria, by Brian Fishman | The Middle East Channel:
• Morsy’s debts | Egypt Independent
• The Judiciary in Egypt: Pursuing reform and promoting independence - Arab Reform Initiative
• L'Expression - Le Quotidien
  It's amazing how fond the Algerian press is of talking about discord among Sahelian militants.