Links May 3-29 2014

Belated link-dump so we can clear the joke election stuff.

• Egypt 2014 Presidential Election - Google Sheets
  A handy results breakdown by Evan Hill
• Ganzeer - Who's Afraid of Art?
  Famous street artist labelled "terrorist"
• Egyptian Presidential Challenger Withdraws Monitors - NYT
  What a disastrous election - doubt sowed on everything.
• Egypt Elections: A Message in Spoiled Ballots - WSJ
  Funny.
• N.Y.U. Crisis in Abu Dhabi Stretches to Wall Street
  Abu Dhabi exec who runs NYU contractor accused of labor violations also on NYU board
• Workers at N.Y.U.’s Abu Dhabi Site Faced Harsh Conditions
  The NYU Outpost in more hot water
• Libya’s Transition: Towards Collapse
  Wolfram Lacher.
• The Risks of Playing for Time in Algeria - SWP
• Looking Ahead to Egypt’s Uncertain Summer of Trials and Tribulations | Center for American Progress
  Awad & Katulis.
• Appointment of deputy heir to throne stirs controversy in Saudi Arabia - The Washington Post
  "His mother was a slave"
• EU Observation of Egypt's Elections Could Prove Costly » Muftah
  Aziz al-Kaissouni
• Egypt’s New Strongman, Sisi Knows Best - NYTimes
• Gallows Humor: Political Satire in Sisi’s Egypt by Jonathan Guyer
  On Egyptian cartoonist and freedom of expression
• This man wants to be Egypt's next president, too -- PRI
  Ursula on the campaign trail with Hamdeen Sabbahi
• Egypt seizes bomb-making material near Suez Canal
  15 tons!
• Grading Egypt’s Roadmap Toward Democracy - Carnegie
• Gun and drug smuggling in Upper Egypt: How lawless has Egypt become?
  Very
• Australian journalist's lawyer accuses Al Jazeera of threatening outcome of case
  Because of lawsuit it has filed against Egyptian government
• 40 Maps That Explain The Middle East
  Great resource
• Syrian Rebels Depart Homs District Under Deal
• Egyptian TV Cites ‘Simpsons’ Episode as Proof Arab Spring Was Foreign Plot
  The Simpsons at their heyday, the Egyptian media at is usual
• Winners of #TheBobs14
  Well-deserved award to Egyptian photographer Mosa'ab Elshamy
• Tuk tuks: Sputtering through regulations
  Cool story and pics on the short-sighted policy towards this form of cheap transportation
• "You Can Watch the Circus from Your Couch" | MERIP
  Wael Iskander - "Egypt is where logic comes to die"
• Fighting the last war? Civil-military relations in Egypt
  FRIDE brief by Ibrahim Houdaiby.
• Report shows that Salafists, Mubaraks, not April 6 Youth Movement, receive millions in foreign funding - Ahram Online
  Important story.
• Personal Essay: Fighting a wrongful arrest and imprisonment in Egypt | Al Jazeera America
• Ex-General Vows to End Brotherhood if Elected - NYT
  Concise wrap-up.
• Egypt: American on hunger strike in Cairo prison - WaPo
  The Mohammed Soltan case.
• From Strongman to Superman: Sisi the saviour of Egypt | openDemocracy
• Mahmoud Darwich for ever
  French translation of Darwich's "dictator's speech"
• Next-gen jihad in the Middle East | Lowy Institute
  Syria, Egypt - "conditions in the region are worse than those that saw the emergence of al-Qaeda"
• Karl reMarks: The Alternative Guide To Lebanon
  Brilliantly funny.
• Candidate for President in Egypt Tempers His Expectations
  On Hamdeen Sabbahi's chances
• ماذا لو فاز حمدين؟
  Shorouk editor asks state institutions to pretend to be impartial in presidential race
• Country Reports on Terrorism 2013 Middle East and North Africa Overview
• Death Stalks Muslims as Myanmar Cuts Off Aid - NYT
• A Voice of Dissent in Egypt Is Muffled, but Not Silent - NYT
  Profile of Bilal Fadl
• Robert Kagan: Why the United States shouldn’t support Egypt’s ruling generals - The Washington Post
• Egyptian Governor Blames Obama for Burned Churches
  Another great piece of reporting by Peter Hessler.
• Communication seeking to accept the ICC’s jurisdiction over Egypt is dismissed
  Not clear whether this completely closes off recourse to ICC or just one avenue.
• Pakistan: Who’s Afraid of the ISI? by Ali Sethi | NYRblog
• Politicization of the Salafi Movement: The Emergence and Influence of Political Salafism in Egypt
  [PDF]
• For Bassem | Mada Masr
  Sarah Carr, in a beautiful essay on the meaning of Bassem Sabry's untimely death.