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MEI Editor’s Blog: I’m Retiring as Editor

Michael Collins Dunn is retiring – but will continue blogging
Read it here

Links for 12-18 December

Automatically posted links for December 12th through December 18th:

Democracy Digest – Newsletter on democracy developments in Arab world and elsewhere, current issue has article on MB
BBC World Service | ‘Free to Speak’ Events – Is new media the only truly independent media in the Arab world today?
GWOT: Egypt – Negar Azimi on Egypt and the “Global War On Terror”
Islamist calls for boycott of Egypt billionaire – “An Islamist shaikh on Monday called for a boycott of the companies of telecommunications billionaire Naguib Sawiris for speaking out against the influence of Islam on public life in Egypt.”
YEARENDER: In Egypt, unrest will spill over into 2008 – corrected : Middle East World – In the last few months of 2007, Egypt has experienced a series of massive workers strikes, motivated by none other than poor standards of living and lack of privileges, foreboding the beginning of a possible “uprising” by Egypt’s poor.
Incumbent Regimes and the ?King?s Dilemma? in the Arab World: Promise and Threat of Managed Reform – Carnegie report says political stagnation seen as more likely outcome if regimes not serious about reform
Arab Reform Bulletin: December 2007 – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Beyond the FaÃ§ade: Political Reform in the Arab World – New book by Carnegie Endowment
Le Monde.fr : Le 10 Ã©tait parfait pour le colonel Kadhafi – On Qadhafi’s visit to Paris coinciding with international human rights day
Anthropologists on the Front Lines – TIME – TIME looks at debates in academic community about Human Terrain Teams
The Press Association: Army chief among Beirut blast dead – Michel Suleiman successor killed

Links for 5-6 December

Automatically posted links for December 5th through December 6th:

CAB Advised To Audit Independent Newspapers – al-Masri al-Youm English story on a decision to have government accounting office audit independent newspaper. Is seen as an attack on freedom of the press, could provide pretexts for newspapers to be shut down or financially pressured
25 Al-Azhar University Students Detained Wednesday Dawn – Latest crackdown on Islamist students at al-Azhar, who in the past few months have staged sit-ins to protest the exclusion of some Islamist from the university and its dorms. MB leaders I’ve spoken to recently said it is becoming more difficult for them t
Le Monde.fr : RSF rÃ©compense le blogueur Ã©gyptien Kareem Amer, emprisonnÃ© pour quatre ans – Reporters Without Borders gives Karim Amer its annual prize
Tunisia’s Ben Ali promises more democracy – METimes.com – And I promise you the moon is made of solid gold
Shatah?An Egyptian Cleric Adored By Muslims And Americans, Unheard Of In Egypt – al-Masri al-Youm profiles up-and-coming Egyptian imam in Amreeka who is Amr Khaled fan
Islamists Today: The Autumn of Arab Islamists – Khalil al-Anani continues to see Islamists on the decline
Changes in Guantanamo Bay SOP manual (2003-2004) – Wikileaks – Comparison in leaked 2003 and 2004 Guantanamo Bay Standard Operating Procedures has evidence of abuses

Links for December 4th

Automatically posted links for December 4th:

Israel invites bids for new settlements in east Jerusalem (AFP) – That freeze on settlements sure lasted long

Israeli rejects talks with Hamas (AP) – “Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday it is time to “kill those who carry out attacks” against Israelis, but said he was holding off on a widescale invasion of the Gaza Strip for now.”

www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on – Some good recent comics on topical issues

Charles Johnson Axed from Pajamas Media Management – Interesting details about the pro-Israel activist money behind far-right bloggers conglomerate Pajamas Media

PA deploys hundreds of security officers in West Bank crackdown – Haaretz – Abbas, backed by Israel, goes after enemies in West Bank

Egyptians Demand Higher Salaries – Civil service and other labor unrest continues in Egypt, with just yesterday 10,000 tax collectors protesting, ministry of health workers threatening to do the same and still more problems in Mahalla

Links for 2 December

Automatically posted links for November 30th through December 2nd:

AEI – The problem of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt frees jailed Shiite rights activists: lawyers – Dereini released
Self-styled morality police now commonplace in Egypt – This story might slightly exagerate but it is definitely becoming more common – just try to take the metro if you’re female. My question is whether this is personal initiative or organized dawa.
Training your first responders – MountainRunner – I feel bad for laughing at this (thanks, x)
Arab FMs see Livni as ?Dracula’s younger sister? – “Why doesn’t anyone want to shake my hand?” she asked. “Why doesn’t anyone want to be seen speaking to me?”
“Roger Cohen: Viva Mubarak, Fuera Chavez!” by Ken Silverstein (Harper’s Magazine) – Ken Silverstein points out Roger Cohen’s double standards — but it’s not just about strategic interests, Ken. It’s also and has long been about racism against non-white, (mostly) non-Christian people.
BlogosphÃ¨re marocaine : liens utiles – Larbi’s list of useful links to the Moroccan blogosphere

Links for November 28th

Automatically posted links for November 27-28th:

Critical writer jailed in Tunisia – On Monday, police in Sfax, Tunisia’s second largest city, detained Slim Boukhdhir, a well-known blogger and contributor to the London-based Al-Quds Al Arabi.
‘Aqoul: Hirsi Ali: Ideological Chameleon – Holy CRAP! Hirsi Ali’s rightward shift
tabsir.net Â» Al Qaeda?s generational split – Yemeni tactics for splitting jihadist groups
Talking Points | National Security Network – Website of reality-based security types
Le Monde.fr : Une vidÃ©o-amateur contredit la version de la police sur l’accident de Villiers-le-Bel – Amateur video indicates initial shock of police car against motorbike not very violent, car was damaged with metal bars afterwards and police is lying about it
WHO’S WHO OF PREZ CAMPAIGN SECURITY ADVISERS – New list of security / FP advisors to US presidential candidates, surprisingly does not include the more well-known rabid neocons in Rudy’s list
Hillary Clinton’s advisers too gung-ho on Iraq war, critics say – Is Hillary Clinton the hawk masquerading as the dove?
‘Not very good’ Saddam spy gets 4 years – Yahoo! News – More examples of the terrible threat to the US that Saddam represented. Hmm, let me think, what other Middle Eastern country successfully infiltrated spies in critical national security institutions?
Police say Paris rioters are armed as clashes escalate – Officials in Paris last night warned that rioters in the suburb of Villiers-le-Bel were armed with hunting rifles and air rifles as clashes with police continued to escalate.
Boom fuels new Saudi spending spree | Business | The Guardian – Annual revenues of $165bn are funding six new cities to create jobs – but can it last?
Cairo International Film Festival – Home Page – Schedules, events, etc. (apparently Morocco is focus of festival)
In Annapolis, Conflict by Other Means by Robert Blecher and Mouin Rabbani – “As for the Annapolis meeting itself, it is being greeted with indifference, with few believing it will lead to either meaningful change in their daily lives or substantive progress toward the end of an Israeli occupation now in its fifth decade.”