{"id":2932,"date":"2009-03-03T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2009-03-03T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T13:00:05","slug":"2009-3-3-links-march-2nd-to-march-3rd-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2932","title":{"rendered":"Links March 2nd to March 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for March 2nd through March 3rd:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daralhayat.com\/opinion\/ideas\/02-2009\/Article-20090228-bd99cc55-c0a8-10ed-012b-29ed749b5a01\/story.html\">\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629 &#8211; &laquo;\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646&raquo; \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629 &#8230; \u0647\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u061f<\/a> &#8211; Egyptian Muslim Brother Essam al-Erian writes an overture to the Obama administration.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wilsoncenter.org\/ondemand\/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.play&amp;mediaid=B457081C-DEC2-C7FA-89889B466737D056\">Egypt in Tumultuous Times<\/a> &#8211; Samer Shehata gives a lecture on Egypt &#39;s policy during the Gaza War.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/z?c111:H.RES.200:\">H. RES. 200 Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt.<\/a> &#8211; Bill in US Congress calls for Egypt to improve behavior on human rights, democracy, release blogger Karim Amer, but no ties to aid cuts.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/huff-wires\/20081214\/ml-egypt-downtown-bars\/\">Religion, decrepitude threaten downtown Cairo bars<\/a> &#8211; I love Downtown Cairo bars, much better than the pretentious new ones modelled on the Buddha Bar phenomenon. And this piece is written by a connaisseur!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/7f096aca-0747-11de-9294-000077b07658.html\">FT.com \/ Middle East &#8211; Israel drafts West Bank expansion plans<\/a> &#8211; Here we go again: &quot;The Israeli government has drafted plans to build more than 70,000 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to a report released on Monday by an Israeli non-governmental organisation.<br \/>If implemented, the plans could increase the number of settlers in the Palestinian territories by about 300,000 &ndash; a move that would severely undermine the chances of a viable Palestinian state emerging in the coming years.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2009\/03\/dictionary-american-empire-speak\">The Dictionary of American Empire-Speak | Mother Jones<\/a> &#8211; Tom Engelhardt on the new imperial euphemisms.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.complete-review.com\/reviews\/egypt\/taherb.htm\">As Doha Said &#8211; Bahaa Taher<\/a> &#8211; A review.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/justworldnews.org\/archives\/003420.html\">&#8216;Just World News&#8217; with Helena Cobban: Reconstruct Gaza? A Likud adviser says &#8216;No&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Helena Cobban has notes from an interview with a sinister Likud advisor, ranting against the reconstruction of Gaza: &quot;Inbar described the West Bank roadblocks as another part of the effort to punish, or &quot;train&quot;, the Palestinians. The US and other governments have urged Israel to reduce their number. But Inbar told me, &quot;The Americans may push us on this, and we may remove one or two roadblocks. We&#39;ll just play with the Americans!&quot;&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.org\/20090301fareviewessay88211\/steven-a-cook\/adrift-on-the-nile.html\">Foreign Affairs &#8211; Adrift on the Nile &#8211; Steven A. Cook<\/a> &#8211; Steven Cook reviews Bruce Rotherford&#39;s new book on Egypt. I got hold of a review copy but haven&#39;t properly read it yet, but Cook (himself the author of a very interesting tome on the military on Egypt, Turkey and Algeria) finds it hit-and-miss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for March 2nd through March 3rd:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daralhayat.com\/opinion\/ideas\/02-2009\/Article-20090228-bd99cc55-c0a8-10ed-012b-29ed749b5a01\/story.html\">\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629 &#8211; &laquo;\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646&raquo; \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0625\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629 &#8230; \u0647\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u061f<\/a> &#8211; Egyptian Muslim Brother Essam al-Erian writes an overture to the Obama administration.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wilsoncenter.org\/ondemand\/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.play&amp;mediaid=B457081C-DEC2-C7FA-89889B466737D056\">Egypt in Tumultuous Times<\/a> &#8211; Samer Shehata gives a lecture on Egypt &#39;s policy during the Gaza War.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/z?c111:H.RES.200:\">H. RES. 200 Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt.<\/a> &#8211; Bill in US Congress calls for Egypt to improve behavior on human rights, democracy, release blogger Karim Amer, but no ties to aid cuts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/huff-wires\/20081214\/ml-egypt-downtown-bars\/\">Religion, decrepitude threaten downtown Cairo bars<\/a> &#8211; I love Downtown Cairo bars, much better than the pretentious new ones modelled on the Buddha Bar phenomenon. And this piece is written by a connaisseur!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/7f096aca-0747-11de-9294-000077b07658.html\">FT.com \/ Middle East &#8211; Israel drafts West Bank expansion plans<\/a> &#8211; Here we go again: &quot;The Israeli government has drafted plans to build more than 70,000 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to a report released on Monday by an Israeli non-governmental organisation.<br \/>\nIf implemented, the plans could increase the number of settlers in the Palestinian territories by about 300,000 &ndash; a move that would severely undermine the chances of a viable Palestinian state emerging in the coming years.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2009\/03\/dictionary-american-empire-speak\">The Dictionary of American Empire-Speak | Mother Jones<\/a> &#8211; Tom Engelhardt on the new imperial euphemisms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.complete-review.com\/reviews\/egypt\/taherb.htm\">As Doha Said &#8211; Bahaa Taher<\/a> &#8211; A review.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/justworldnews.org\/archives\/003420.html\">&#8216;Just World News&#8217; with Helena Cobban: Reconstruct Gaza? A Likud adviser says &#8216;No&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Helena Cobban has notes from an interview with a sinister Likud advisor, ranting against the reconstruction of Gaza: &quot;Inbar described the West Bank roadblocks as another part of the effort to punish, or &quot;train&quot;, the Palestinians. The US and other governments have urged Israel to reduce their number. But Inbar told me, &quot;The Americans may push us on this, and we may remove one or two roadblocks. We&#39;ll just play with the Americans!&quot;&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.org\/20090301fareviewessay88211\/steven-a-cook\/adrift-on-the-nile.html\">Foreign Affairs &#8211; Adrift on the Nile &#8211; Steven A. Cook<\/a> &#8211; Steven Cook reviews Bruce Rotherford&#39;s new book on Egypt. I got hold of a review copy but haven&#39;t properly read it yet, but Cook (himself the author of a very interesting tome on the military on Egypt, Turkey and Algeria) finds it hit-and-miss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}