Links 17 November - 10 December 2015

Slim pickings this month, but here it is anyway:

• Fatema Mernissi, a Founder of Islamic Feminism, Dies at 75 - The New York Times
• Death Toll From Hajj Stampede Reaches 2,411 in New Estimate - The New York Times
  And a blackout on it in Saudi.
• A New Moroccan University Press Aims to “Open Windows in People’s Minds”
  Ursula Lindsey on a great collection of interviews with Moroccan intellectuals
• Negotiate With ISIS - The Atlantic
• By Jonathan Powell (who negotiated the Good Friday accords)
• Inside Raqqa: voices from the terrified city — FT
  Scared of airstrikes more than IS.
• Muslim Brotherhood books pulled out of Saudi schools | GulfNews
• With US help, Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen | GlobalPost
  Great long piece of reporting by Sharif Abdel Kouddous.
• It's a bad time for journalists and activists in Morocco
  Good piece on an overlooked crackdown
• Saudi Arabia: The wake-up call - FT
• Arab Universities Often Silent in Debates on Public Space
  On the latest, excellent issue of @cairobserver
• Omar Robert Hamilton on volunteering to help refugees in Lesvos
• EXCLUSIVE: The Emirati plan for ruling Egypt | Middle East Eye
  Another alleged Emirati leak.
• ISIS Wives and Enforcers in Syria Recount Collaboration, Anguish and Escape - The New York Times
  Great reporting.
• CNN Punished Its Journalist for Expressing Sympathy with Syrian Refugees
  Craven US media
• Saudi court sentences poet to death for renouncing Islam
  Based on their interpretation of his poetry
• The IS propaganda machine
• McSweeney’s: As Your Governor, I Will Protect You From Mass Shooters If They Are Syrian
• The Attacks in Paris Reveal the Strategic Limits of ISIS
  Sharp summary of the situation by Olivier Roy
• Islamic State tightens grip in central Libya with executions - U.N. | Reuters