Links 30 May - 13 June 2014

A lean couple of weeks...

• Israeli authorities destroy Palestinian family’s valley of fruit trees
  On so it goes on an on..
• Alaa Abdel Fattah, 24 others handed 15-year sentences
  For an "illegal" protest. This is fucking heartbreaking.
• Sisiphus | MERIP
  On Egypt's new president.
• FRIDE - Morocco’s Islamists: Bucking the trend?
  Anouar Boukhars on the PJD.
• Save Mohamed Soltan’s life In preventive detention and on hunger strike since 26 January 2014
• Tahrir Square assaults
  Nadine Marroushi gives a comprehensive account of the reactions to recent mass sexual assaults
• Tunisie : mon café s’est renversé, c’est la faute de la révolution - Le nouvel Observateur
  Great piece on Tunisia
• Iran’s plan for Syria aims to woo Saudi Arabia and the west - FT.com
• Au Maroc, le jeu retors du pouvoir avec les salafistes - Mediapart
  Abu Hafs: "J'ai lu Anna Karénine, le plus grand roman d'amour au monde!"
• Egypt, citing security, wants foreign companies to help monitor social media
• Egypt Now: A Sampling of Cognitive Biases | KarmaMole
  Very clever.
• The EU was 'a puppet in the hands of the Egyptians' says member state | Middle East Eye
  Ouch.
• Religious Groups and Scholars of Islam in the Syrian Revolution – by Issam Eido
• hawgblawg: Interview with lawyer of El Haqed (Al Haqed/L7a9ed) + more
• Libye : 3 premiers ministres, 2 Parlements, mais pas d'État
  Great headline from Le Figaro.
• Time Is Running out: 30 Days till #koftagate — Update
  The scandal that lives on...
• Election Commission rejects Sabbahi’s appeal of results
  And of course, that can't be appealed. Move on...
• Egypt’s Looted Antiquities - NYTimes.com
  US one of main markets.
• The Autocracy Challenge - NYTimes.com
  Brooks, engaged in delusional propaganda.
• Égypte : l'Histoire officielle contre la mémoire
• What’s Going On In Saudi Arabia? « LobeLog.com

  Thomas Lippman

• The Saudi monarchy and the regional contest for influence: what is changing and what is not | Aspenia online
• How Sisi plotted to become Egypt's president - even while Hosni Mubarak was in power - Telegraph
• An Ugly Spectacle | salamamoussa
  Maged Atiya on Mervat Tallawy's bizarre rant against the EU
• BBC News - Reporting Saudi Arabia's hidden uprising
  On Eastern province
• Egypt, the Election, and Sectarian Analysis
  Jayson Casper on a controversial poll.
• Baheyya: Sisi's Challenge
  Is handling opposition cleverly.
• Tariq Ali · Diary: In Cairo · LRB 5 June 2014
  Ali says "hope is dead."
• Egyptian TV Swayed Public Against Morsi, in Favor of Sisi - WSJ.com
  good piece on media hysteria.