Links 27 May - 3 June 2013

• World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Activist Sentenced to Prison for Insulting Morsi
• Twitter a Mirror for the Turkish Press, and the Reflection Isn't Pretty | TechPresident
  Lisa Goldman on the scandal of Turkish media
• PHOTOS: Demonstrators occupy Istanbul’s Taskim Square | +972 Magazine
• China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom - NYTimes.com
• Quite a novelty
  The deal for a "new Yemen"
• AP News: Court says Egypt legislature illegally elected
  Best piece I've seen on ruling so far.
• A report from Gezi Park
• Once a talk shop, Egypt’s Islamist-led upper house of parliament now a powerhouse - The Washington Post
• FJP proposes army voting ban for next 5 years | Egypt Independent
  A reasonable compromise.
• Erimtan Angle Special: The Gezi Park Protests | istanbulgazette.com
  Backgrounder on park plans.
• Power outages become routine in Egypt, triggering protests and campaigns - The Washington Post
• The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zahi Hawass | Smithsonian Magazine
  Zahi: "I’ve never slept with a prostitute in my life."
• Obama’s Long Road to Peace by David Cole | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
  Rather overly generous towards Obama.
• A Tale From The Taksim Anti-Mall Mobilisations : rabble
  On today's protests in Istanbul
• Artists and the Arab Uprisings | RAND
  Report looks at freedom of expression, funding.
• From the Potomac to the Euphrates » Masters of Disaster
  Excellent post by Steve Cook on the usual crazies in DC.
• Stay Out of Syria! by David Bromwich | The New York Review of Books
  Looks at US press debate on Syria, legacy of Iraq.
• Salafism’s March through North Africa
  Tarek Osman in Cairo Review predicts an eclipse.
• Islamists attack Turkey 'kissing protest'
• Islamists: parliamentary elections will be held next year
  Not good.
• Egyptian ambassador: Ethiopia dam 'a reality' to cope with
• Tuesday’s papers: Documentary made about Morsy, ‘Tamarod’ gears up efforts
• Bread rumours could lead to “mother of all crises” | REBEL ECONOMY
  Good post, and good comment.
• UK and France win battle to lift EU’s Syria arms embargo - FT.com
• The loneliness of resisting the conspirators against Hizbollah - FT.com
  Roula Khalaf
• Mapping the Coptic Movements: Coptic Activism in a Revolutionary Setting
  Jayson Casper
• The End of the (Southern) Neighbourhood
  Paper on EU Med policy by Kristina Kausch
• Empire Wants What’s Best for the Arabs
  Andrew Hammond reports from the Doha summit
• Hizbullah's Syrian adventure