Links 30 January - 2 February 2013

From the recent anti-Morsi protests. By Justin Merriman (click to go to his site)

• The Meaning of Yair Lapid
  Good piece on the recent Israeli elections.
• Hostage Accounts Detail Events at Saharan Gas Plant - NYTimes.com
  Militants wanted to blow up plant.
• In new twist, prosecutors now claiming other protesters stripped, beat man | Egypt Independent
  Unbelievable.
• Abdel Moneim Said named new chairman of Al-Masry Al-Youm | Egypt Independent
  Interesting...
• Chaos in Egypt: Tahrir squandered | The Economist
• Egypt’s $1.5 Billion U.S. Aid Questioned Amid Crackdown - Bloomberg
  In which US officials and lawmakers do a lot of pretending.
• The Former President of Tunisia Is Selling His Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Dolce & Gabbana Suits | VICE
• Gulf states hand Morocco first chunk of $2.5 bln aid package - AlertNet
• Why fault the barricades? - Opinion - Ahram Online
• AFP: Algeria's ruling party votes to oust leader
  Algeria's ruling party votes to oust leader haters have out on Belkhadem
• Tunisia renews state of emergency amid terror fear | Stars and Stripes
• Notes from the Underground: Morsi's State
• الوطن | تمرد «الأمن المركزى» يصل مرحلة «الإضراب وعصيان الأوامر»
  CSF feeling mutinous.
• Court rejects appeal for blogger convicted of contempt of religion
• Eight governorates experience power outages
• Egypt’s Frightening Food Divide
• Justice for sale | Egypt Independent
• Under Attack, Cairo Hotel Tweets an S O S - NYTimes.com
  Great account of Semiramis saga.
• Suez: born and bred on resistance | Egypt Independent
  Good piece on Suez, touches on Islamist dynamics there.
• Protests in Egypt's Provinces Reveal a Malaise With Politics at the Center - NYTimes.com
  My latest Latitude piece.
• Author Gamal al-Banna dies aged 93 | Egypt Independent
  Gamal al-Banna passes away | good time as any to re-read his 1996 critical book "After the Muslim Brotherhood"
• Youssef Amrani s'exprime sur l'engagement du Maroc dans la résolution de la crise malienne - YouTube=
• Was There A January 25 Revolution?
  Joel Beinin
• Brothers and Officers: A History of Pacts
  Wael Iskander.
• Energy: Danger money - FT.com
  Consequences of In Amenas for oil industry.
• Mali: Life under Al Qaeda | GlobalPost
  Amputations, etc.
• Islamists Falter in Bid for Mali's Hearts and Minds - WSJ.com
  Looting, cocaine, etc.
• How the Mali air war really went down
• Is fracking responsible for the flooding of an Upper Egyptian village? | Egypt Independent
• Lawrence of legend | The Majalla Magazine
  Fine reminder by @Hugh_Pope of the flaws and fantasy in the hyped legend of Lawrence of Arabia
• Morsi cannot ignore Egypt’s new majority - FT.com
  Brotherhood must not underestimate the youth’s desire for change, says @EzzedineCF
• ‫منير فخرى ينصح جبهة الانقاذ احضروا الحوار الوطنى و افرضوا شروطكم و اخرجوا قولوا للناس الحوار فشل‬‎ - YouTube
  Leader from #NSF advising them to attend presidential dialogue then withdrew declaring its failure