Links 22 January - 10 February 2018

• Millions flow from Gaddafi’s ‘frozen funds’ to unknown beneficiaries – POLITICO
• As Trump Wavers on Libya, an ISIS Haven, Russia Presses On - The New York Times
• nisralnasr: Rage, Fear, Hope and the Emotions of Revolution
  Ellis Goldberg.
• Toughing It Out in Cairo | by Yasmine El Rashidi | The New York Review of Books
• The State of Emergency in Egypt: An Exception or Rule?
  Youssef Auf.
• The West’s war on itself | Synaps
  This is a great critique of CVE/PVE by Peter Harling, Alex Simon & Ben Schonveld
• How Italy’s interior minister tackles illegal migration - Charlemagne: The Minniti method
• MEI Editor's Blog: I'm Retiring as Editor
  Michael Collins Dunn is retiring - but will continue blogging
• Rien ne va plus en Arabie saoudite – Culture et politique arabes
  The Saudi media scene post-Ritz Carlton
• failure to learn from history will exact a heavy price – maegdi
  On Egypt's farcical elections
• Tensions au sommet de l’Etat égyptien | Un si Proche Orient
• 'Everyone is trying to get a slice': The gold rush for Saudi cinemas | Middle East Eye
• Au Liban, des hommes politiques chrétiens et chiites jouent un mauvais remake de « L’Insulte »
• Arabie saoudite : les mystères de la purge du Ritz-Carlton
• L’Etat islamique en 2018, vu par les services secrets - Page 1 | Mediapart
• Egypt welcomes US listing of Hasm and Liwa al-Thawra as terror groups | Middle East Eye
• Thousands of ISIS Fighters Flee in Syria, Many to Fight Another Day - The New York Times
• The Sufi-Salafi Rift - Carnegie
  Katherine Pollock and Frederic Wehrey on Libya
• Au Maroc, le ras-le-bol des « gueules noires » de Jerada
  On social protests in Moroccan coal mining town
• Yemen Dispatch | Middle East Research and Information Project
  On Aden and UAE-backed southern separatists
• EFFERVESCENT EGYPT: Venues of Mobilization and the Interrupted Legacy of 2011 | Arab Reform Initiative
• Egypt bulldozes zone by Sinai airport, displacing thousands
• The Donald Trump of Philosophy
  On BHL.
• Tunisie : la « démocratisation » ou l’oubli organisé de la question sociale - AOC media
  Le président Macron entame ce mercredi une visite d\'État en Tunisie. Sept ans après, que reste-t-il vraiment d\'un changement de régime survenu à la faveur de nombreux mouvements sociaux ?…
• No Winners in Turkey’s New Offensive into Syria | Crisis Group
  Interesting details on the fighting in Afrin by Noah Bonsey
• Why the Palestinians Are Boycotting the Trump Administration | The New Yorker
  Robin Wright interviews Palestinian ambassador to the US Hosam Zomlot
• Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It - The New York Times
  Long piece by Declan Walsh.