Links 14-31 October 2017

From National Geographic.

For the Pyramids nerds among you, read more about the new cavity found in Khufu with cosmic rays (which alone should revive a whole genre, popular in the 1970s, of aliens-build-the-pyramids literature) in Nature and the researchers' press release.

And now for the rest of the links:

• Egyptians use social media to mock government’s youth event
  #WeNeedToTalk
• Egypt is in danger of becoming a failed state—and western leaders are mishandling the crisis | Prospect Magazine
  Robert Springborg on the Sisi disaster.
• How a state of emergency became Egypt’s new normal - The Washington Post
  Nathan Brown and Mai Sadany.
• Egypt election in view, Sisi supporters fire up campaign for mandate
• Sun, Sea and Robots: Saudi Arabia’s Sci-Fi City in the Desert
  Madness.
• How Iran is winning game of chess in Kirkuk
  Long term operatives on the ground, that’s how.
• Commentary: In Sunni North Africa, fears of Iran’s Shi’ite shadow
• Steve Bannon’s already murky Middle East ties deepen
  UAE, Erik Prince, Cambridge Analytica, etc.
• Beyond the Caliphate: Foreign Fighters and the Threat of Returnees - The Soufan Center
  Isis
• ISIS Jihadis Have Returned Home By the Thousands | The New Yorker
• Iran Saps Strength of Revolutionary Guards With Arrests and Cutbacks - The New York Times
• Dans la région de Sfax, les familles entre colère et deuil après le naufrage de leurs enfants partis pour l’Europe
  Over 50 dead after migrant tragedy in Tunisia
• Militants rob bank, attack church in Egypt's Sinai; 7 dead - LA Times
• Inspection battle threatens Egypt's wheat supply
  Wheat inspector on paid junkets would delay shipments over late breakfast.
• Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department - The New York Times
• City | Thomson Reuters Foundation
  Cairo is most dangerous megacity for women.
• ‘Allah’ Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes - The New York Times
  By Thor's Hammer!
• Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300
  Terrible attack in Mogadishu