Links 10 September - 20 October 2015

Big link dump, "I forgot to do it for like six weeks" edition.

• Egyptian Facebook User Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Photoshopping Mickey Mouse Ears on Sisi
• Egyptian writer Gamal al-Ghitani dies aged 70
• Dinner with Elias Khoury
  Nice account by @arablit. I have fond memories of after-class drinks with Khoury.
• Teaching Islam in the Age of ISIS
• Whatever happened to Middle Eastern studies?
  Interesting -- they are now "Islamic" studies
• Pictures Showing Where Young Syrian Refugees Sleep
  Not Suitable For Your Heart
• Egypt's women-only taxi service promises protection from male drivers
  But some say it's just more gender segregation
• A coup busted? | Mada Masr
  Hossam Bahgat on an alleged coup against Sisi.
• Low-Cost Authoritarianism: The Egyptian Regime and Labor Movement Since 2013
• Iraqi Forces and Shiite Militias Retake Oil Refinery From ISIS - The New York Times
• MUSINGS ON IRAQ: MIT VIDEO: ISIS Apocalypse William McCants
• Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists
  documenting surveillance is itself a crime
• Why Egypt’s new parliament will be born broken
  Nathan Brown
• A cyclone brews over Saudi Arabia - The Washington Post
  David Ignatius on al-Saud family feuds.
• Why the UAE is fighting in Yemen
  Abdelkhalek Abdullah
• There will be no peace until Israel’s occupation of Palestine ends | Marwan Barghouti
• The Rise of Riad Sattouf’s “The Arab of the Future” - The New Yorker
  Adam Shatz profiles Franco-Syrian cartoonist
• An ‘Independent Historian’ Documents Life Under the Islamic State
  A column on the remarkable blog Mosul Eye
• What does the Brotherhood really want? - Ahram Online
• The sad state of Egypt’s liberals | The Economist
• Video: Israel plants armed "stone throwers" among Palestinian protestors | The Electronic Intifada
• The Gun Smuggler’s Lament | Foreign Policy
  On Qatar and Libya
• Saudi royal calls for regime change in Riyadh
  Letters criticize leaders over war in Yemen, falling oil prices
• 25 Amazing Photos from Hajj 1953
  I bookmarked these great pics just before the stampede tragedy
• After Sweden suggests recognizing a Sahrawi republic in Western Sahara..
  ... Morocco retaliates by blocking planned IKEA
• The Bored Jihadi — ISIS Foreign fighter frustrations
  From a while ago. Full translation of long complaint about Arab brothers' bad habits.
• Artwork satirizing Isis banned from free speech exhibition in the UK
  For security concerns. Ridiculous.
• The strange Middle East focus of Banksy's Dismaland
  Good overview, but never explains what exactly is "strange"
• Sisi’s Regime Is a Gift to the Islamic State | Foreign Policy
  Shadi Hamid.
• U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies
• How the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq
  2012 Pentagon report welcomed establishment of "Salafist principality"
• Saudi Teenager Ali Mohammed al-Nimr Has Been Sentenced to Death by Crucifixion
  Nephew of dissident cleric
• Political desertification
  Good description for Egyptian political scene
• Open letter to Egyptian teenager in jail for almost 2 years for wearing anti-torture T-shirt
• Meet The Obscure Company Behind America’s Syria Fiasco
  Multi-million dollar non-competitive bid
• Teju Cole: Migrants are Welcome
• For Arab Artists With Something To Say, This Sheikh Is A Loudspeaker
  Profile of @SultanAlQassemi, with cool slideshow
• U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys - The New York Times
• Why is Sisi afraid of the Constitution and parliament?
• Young Activists Disappear Amid Egyptian Government Crackdown
• UK looks to salesmen-soldiers to keep British arms industry afloat
  To be more like France.
• Egyptian Military Said to Fire on Mexican Tourists During Picnic - NYT
  Damning details and quote from army.
• Godfathers & Thieves
  Elizabeth Dickinson's new book on the Syrian diaspora and the uprising against Assad.
• Egyptian security forces accidentally shoot dead 12 tourists and guides
• Algeria's Bouteflika replaces head of DRS military intelligence: sources | THE DAILY STAR
  Huge!
• Super Mario is a refugee, too
• Ahmed Seif al-Islam: In dark times | a paper bird
  Homage by Scott Long.
• The believer: How an introvert became the leader of the Islamic State | Brookings Institution
  On Omar al-Baghdadi
• The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki - The New York Times
• How my Cairo bookclub changed my view of Islamists | Rabab El-Mahdi | Comment is free | The Guardian