Links May 2 - May 15, 2015
- Diary: In Sanaa
The lead-up to the current war, by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad - Syria’s truth smugglers
Very worthwhile read on the effort to document Assad's and others' crimes - Wadi Barada: Snapshot of a Civil War
#syria - Leaks Gain Credibility and Potential to Embarrass Egypt’s Leaders
If they were susceptible to embarrassment - Promises and figures from Sisi's latest speech
- To Make the World a Better Place, Teach Arabic
- Mafia in Africa
Interesting investigation - Egyptian Journalist Mohamed Fahmy Sues Al Jazeera for $83 Million in Punitive Damages
- Ursula Lindsey on Correspondents Club
ABC Melbourne interviewed me on being a journalist in the middle east these days - Egypt’s Megafantasies
Good review of David Sim's latest book on desert development - Tunisian novel wins ‘Arabic Booker’ in Abu Dhabi despite UAE ban
Sounds like the ban has already been lifted though - Al Jazeera America, Its Newsroom in Turmoil, Is Now the News
Are they extra dysfunctional or just extra scrutinized? - Why Peter Kennard's montages are political dynamite
Can't believe I'd never seen his Blair "Photo Op" - A French Freelancer in Lebanon on the ‘Slow Death’ of Foreign Correspondents
- Progress in Tunisia, but much still to be done
Op-ed by Rached Ghannouchi. - The Day After · LRB 4 May 2015
Neve Gordon on the IDF’s new tactics - Fear Makes Everything Possible
Wael Eskandar on Egypt today - Saudi-Led Group Said to Use Cluster Bombs in Yemen - NYT
- Aleppo’s Real-Life Soap Opera « The Majalla Magazine
- Repression in Egypt: Worse than Mubarak | The Economist