Links 1 June - 14 July 2016

Sorry, we've been on holiday.

• Sisi’s New Prisons
  A visit to Alaa Abdel Fattah
• A Saudi Morals Enforcer Called for a More Liberal Islam. Then the Death Threats Began
  Best piece on KSA I've read in a long while
• Hundreds 'disappeared' by security forces in Egypt, says Amnesty | The Guardian
• Chilcot report: UK oil groups feared losing out on deals — FT
  And some still say oil has nothing to do with it...
• Why elections are bad for democracy | David Van Reybrouck | The Guardian
  This guy has been a hit in Belgium.
• In Britain, the End of the Establishment - Bloomberg View
  Pankaj Mishra on Brexit as "a collective suicide bombing."
• Egyptian authorities ban feminist Mozn Hassan from travelling to Beirut | The Guardian
• A Letter From the Edge of the Abyss
  This is beautiful, terrible to read.
• Egypt’s anti-corruption chief was fired. Then his daughter was, too. - The Washington Post
• The Bookseller of Algiers « LRB blog
  Ursula was in Algiers for the first time recently, and wrote this
• A Tunisian professor writes about "Mohamed's Last Days"
  This was an interesting read
• United Nations Chief Exposes Limits to His Authority by Citing Saudi Threat - NYT
  Threat to defund Palestine, Syria, Sudan aid.
• Graft Fighter in Egypt Finds Himself a Defendant in Court - The New York Times
• Eating in public during Ramadan is an attack on Islam, declares Dar al-Ifta | Mada Masr
  What a fragile religion.
• The Egyptian Satirist Who Inspired a Revolution - The New Yorker
  On Abou Haddara, a late 19th c. magazine
• Morsi death sentence endorsed by Egypt's mufti, website says
• Saudi wealth fund takes $3.5bn Uber stake — FT
• Iran Bars Pilgrims From Traveling to Mecca for Hajj - The New York Times
  Interesting details on hacking attacks by Saudis.
• Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel - The New York Times