Links 5-12 August 2012

Not many as much of this week was spent offline. Note also that this week I also implemented short posts (in the linked list style found on tech blogs) where I make a few remarks on links. From now on there will be a mix of these links-posts and a weekly or so linkdump. Perhaps next time I will also add a "this week on the blog" catch-up list to these link dumps. And remember everything below (and more) is first linked to on Twitter.

• BBC News - Egypt leader Mursi orders army chief Tantawi to resign
  the game is on.
• Two earthquakes kill hundreds in Iran - FT
• ÉGYPTE • Comment j’ai réussi à me libérer des Frères musulmans | Courrier international
  Comment j’ai réussi à me libérer des Frères musulmans #Egypt
• Egyptian prank show exposes anti-Israeli sentiment - CNN.com
  Funny but sad. But funny.
• Egypt Tightens Grip on Sinai - NYTimes.com
• Israeli soldiers preemptively arrest African migrants in Egyptian territory | Egypt Independent
• Little sign of battle in Egypt's Sinai region | Reuters
• BBC News - Morocco: Should pre-marital sex be legal?
• BBC News - Morocco: Should pre-marital sex be legal?
• In Egypt's Sinai desert, Islamic militants gaining new foothold - The Washington Post
  Worth re-reading @londonoe's prescient July dispatch from Sinai: #Egypt
• الإدارية توقف بث برنامج توفيق عكاشة على قناة الفراعين | البديل
  The administrative court order to stop Okasha's channel :
• Morsy supports new committee to oversee state, private media | Egypt Independent
• Brother Knows Best - By Steven A. Cook | Foreign Policy
• Editorial: Morsi’s Sinai front : EgyptMonocle
  Rania Malky
• How Muslims Really Think About Islam - By Marc Lynch
  "Muslims older than 35 are significantly more religious than those under 35"
• UK approves £5m to supply Syrian rebels - FT
  makes it official.
• Iraq oil production overtakes Iran - FT
  Tehran is in trouble.
• Time to reject the language of Coptic victimhood | Egypt Independent
  Paul Sedra
• Crime Wave Engulfs Syria As Its Cities Reel From War - NYT
• Iran Hosts Its Own Meetings on Syria Conflict - NYT
• Op-Eds - French / En Tunisie, l’urgence est économique et sociale
• Tunisie: un fondateur du parti Ennahda au pouvoir agressé par un extrémiste - Libération
• Syrian president's brother leads the regime's fight for survival
  On Maher Assad.
• Mali Militias Poorly Armed, but Zealous to Oust Islamists - NYTimes.com
  Poor Mali.
• Beware of an Old Man in a Hurry « The Moorish Wanderer
  Economic warning signs in Morocco.
• Egypt Presidential Election Maps: Upper Egypt Districts Part Two
  More wonderful electoral maps from Eric Schewe.
• Syria’s prime minister defects to Jordan - FT.com
• The Oil Drum | Tech Talk - Saudi Arabia Then and Now
• Muslim Brotherhood establishes militia inside Syria - Telegraph
• Pour en finir avec l'adjectif « musulman » (ou « islamique »)
  Alain Gresh on French and European Islamophobia.
• Breaking the Arab News - By Sultan Al Qassemi | Foreign Policy
• Review of “Goodbye Mubarak” « CONNECTED in CAIRO
  Film on late Mubarak era.
• Government forces pound rebel stronghold in Aleppo - FT.com
• Reuters Blogs Hacked With Fake Story About Syrian Rebels
• Egypt demands release of Guantanamo detainee - The Washington Post
• Renaissance man: Gehad El Haddad works as the Islamist project’s pragmatist | Egypt Independent
  Good profile of Gehad, who exemplies Shater's boys.
• Morocco Reforms: Criminalizing Dissent
• Breaking the Arab News - By Sultan Al Qassemi | Foreign Policy