Links 13-16 January 2013

Above, Malian Tuareg music group Tinariwen.

• Revealed: America’s Arms Sales To Bahrain Amid Bloody Crackdown - ProPublica
• New ownership regulations in Sinai are worrying for many | Egypt Independent
  By Sarah Carr, quotes me.
• Information minister discussing launch of two new state-run channels | Egypt Independent
  Because Egypt needs more state media.
• Egypt’s Weak Water Fight | REBEL ECONOMY
  Interview with water expert Karim Assir
• Saudi Royal Family Politics and the Arab Spring - By Toby Matthiesen | The Middle East Channel
  On the rise of the sons of Nayef.
• Morsi's approval ratings rise to 63 pct: poll - Ahram Online
  Slightly up from December.
• Algérie 2012 : un régime de vieillards sanguinaires en fin de règne
• Ibrahim Eissa: I Do Not Write Novels As a Political Act | Arabic Literature (in English)
• The New Egypt at (Almost) Two - By Hani Sabra | The Middle East Channel
  Some interesting points. strongly made, here.
• المحروسة: The continuing catastrophe in al-Darb al-Ahmar
• Moving towards Political Participation - SWP
  On Moroccan Salafis - moderate my %$@%#.
• How 20 tents rocked Israel: Palestinians take the fight to their occupiers in Bab al-Shams | Mondoweiss
  Must-read.
• Saudi king names new governor for restive oil region | Reuters
  Saud bin Nayef up to bat.
• سراويل الكويز برعاية الاخوان - وائل جمال - بوابة الشروق
  devastating column on MB renegotiation of QIZ they had denounced.
• Les chrétiens dans le conflit syrien : ni les seules victimes, ni seulement des victimes | Un oeil sur la Syrie
• Imams protest Brotherhood influence on Endowments Ministry | Egypt Independent
• Hidden Billionaire Milking Saudi Dairy Fortune in Desert - Bloomberg
  Holstein cows, Argentinian alfalfa, Saudi oil = dairy superpower.
• A Maid's Execution in Saudi Arabia : The New Yorker
• France launches Mali military intervention - Africa - Al Jazeera English