Links February 27th to March 19th

(I had temporarily deactivated the script that takes the delicious links onto the blog, here is a month’s worth — but no recent links) 

Links from my del.icio.us account for February 27th through March 19th:

• Israel’s Shin Bet launches blog – The Israeli secret service – go troll now
• Egyptian Universities Strike – Blog of professors for academic independence
• Iraq: Worth the Price – washingtonpost.com – Newsflash: Hitchens still silly, silly man
• The United States presents Cinerama in Damascus, 1954 – An example of successful public diplomacy
• Fallon’s “No Iran War” Line Angered White House – CENTCOM chief’s line against Iran war pissed off Bushies
• Arab Reform Bulletin: March 2008 – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – The new issue
• Egypt Targest Moderate Muslim Brothers – Mona al-Tahawy on Khaled Hamza
• Explosion at Times Square Causes Minor Damage – WSJ.com – Military recruitment center targeted by anarchist?
• Le Monde.fr : Les �crivains arabes choqu�s et divis�s – Report on uproar on Israel being special guest of French book fair, much talked about in Arab press
• Can Fatah survive? – Mouin Rabbani on the Fatah internal divisions
• LRB · John Lanchester: Riots, Terrorism etc – Review of “Flat Earth News” on poor quality of British reporting
• Food Prices Hit Subsidy Plans – WSJ.com – Impact of high grain prices on Arab countries
• Keep ‘Enemies’ close to heart – Review of Arab-American playwright Youssef al-Guindi’s “Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat”
• Should Egypt embrace Iran’s overtures? – An argument against
• Vanity’s Fair? – On The Plane – Why is Rice not commenting on Vanity Fair article?
• Islamists Today: Suppressing the Muslim Brotherhood is not a solution – Khalil al-Enani argues suppression will encourage Salafism
• Rice Waives Withholding Of Aid To Egypt Over Human Rights – US ends only sanction taken against anti-democratic backlash in Egypt
• The Gaza Bombshell: vanityfair.com – How the US funded Dahlan’s coup attempt against Hamas
• Overcoming ‘Fitna’ – Former US democracy promotion chief on Egypt’s role towards Dutch film / Danish cartoons
• Wal-Mart: Arab-America?s Store – Dearborn, MI Wal-Mart stocks Arab food
• Rough justice for Egypt’s Brotherhood – Very nice interview of Khairat al-Shater’s daughter about ongoing arrests
• Iranian Internet users face blockage during coming election – IHT – Iran contemplaying turning internet off during elections
• ElBaradei is quietly managing to disarm Iran – Takeyh & Cirincione commentary in FT
• It’s the Middle East, Stupid – Michael Oren imagines all-out war
• Sanctions on Businessman Target Syria’s Inner Sanctum – Rami Makhlouf, key regime business figure, targeted