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Links for January 11th
Automatically posted links for January 11th:
- Islam and democracy | The practice?and the theory | Economist.com – Rather flawed piece since it alleges democracy not discussed in Muslim lands
- The Arabs | Between fitna, fawda and the deep blue sea | Economist.com – “IT IS not easy to be an Arab these days”
- George MacDonald Fraser – Economist obituary of Flashman creator
- ACLU: Court Rejects Government?s Attempt to Deport Egyptian to Torture – Egyptian convert successfully claims torture is likely if sent back to Egypt
- House Leaders Vow Tough Stance on Iran – Tom Lantos potential successors just as gung-ho on Israel
- Torture In Egypt: The Nadeem Center?s Report at 3arabawy – Hossam has torture report available for download
- Egypt names site of first nuclear reactor – It’s Dabaa, whatever the real estate speculators wanted!
- CIA: We said back in 1974 that Israel had nuclear weapons – But in Seymour Hersh’s “Samson Option” it’s clear the US knew, but did not want to hear, in late 1960s
- 25 Simply Amazing Mosques – List includes many modern mosques, but what about Hassan II in Casablanca?
- Threat To Cut U.S. Aid Opens Rift With Egypt – Forward looks at Egypt’s accusations at Israel lobby
Links December 19th and January 5th
Automatically posted links for December 19th through January 5th:
- Fashion and Faith Meet, on Foreheads of the Pious – NYT article from Dec 2007 on that bizarre Egyptian fetish, the zebibah
- Al Jazeera appelée à présenter ses excuses – Al Jazeera called on by its Algerian staff to apologize for poll about Algiers attacks
- Le Monde.fr : Le Dakar 2008 a été annulé – Paris-Dakar race cancelled for first time because of “al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” threats
- Benazir Bhutto | Economist.com – A good obituary
- AFP: Egyptian woman in legal test of SMS divorce: report – Woman argues third divorce SMS makes it legal
- Guardian’s Tehran correspondent expelled without explanation – Robert Tait kicked out of Iran
- Anti-Zionist author kicks off speaking tour of Lebanon – Norman Finkelstein tour
- Du Nil à la Seine, l’étrange destin des Badraouis – Unusual story about an Egyptian village that specializes in emigrating to France
- U.S. envoy Jones starts Mideast security push – New American governor of Palestine arrives