Links for June 19th

Links from my del.icio.us account for June 19th:

• Daily News Egypt - POLICE IN SEARCH OF AMERICAN TOURIST WITH FOOTAGE “MARRING EGYPT’S IMAGE” - The hunt for red khawaga


• LRB · Norman Dombey: At Al Kibar - If someone has access to this article about the attack on Syria's nuclear reactor please send/post in comments


• Dissent Magazine | Talking to Enemies - Michael Walzer makes the argument for talking to Syria, Iran


• Qatar, l'émirat non aligné - Proche-Orient - Le Monde.fr - On Qatar's diplomatic and cultural policy


• 'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies in Fallujah - by Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail - White phosphorus, depleted uranium causing birth deformations in Falluja


• Arab Times :: Egypt schoolboy held for 'tyrant Mubarak' exam answer - Boy writes insults to president in school exam


• Foreign Policy: The Myth of Moderate Islam - Steven Cook makes an excellent argument that what matters is not how moderate Islamists are, but rather how pragmatic they are


• Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Gulf/Arab World - MB MP loses seat, gets replaced by NDP security figure


• Al-Qaeda and the Battle for Oil — jihadica - Al Qaeda doc makes argument for attacking oil facilities


• "friday-lunch-club": CONFLICT between US Policy & and Interest in the Middle East - Argument for a real US foreign policy


• allAfrica.com: Morocco: Al-Jazeera Rabat Bureau Chief Charged With Publishing False Information, His Press Accreditation Cancelled (Page 1 of 1) - Jazeera in trouble over reporting about Sidi Ifni food riots


• Succession at House of Saud: The men who would be king - Middle East, World - The Independent - About the new council of succession in Saudi


• Image Control - The Opinionator - Barack Obama, the racist? Obama staff bar veiled women from sitting too close to him

Comments

[Joe]

Not really related to the above links, but if Arabist readers want a good laugh, check out the NYTimes story "With a Word, Egyptians Leave It All to Fate" from 20 June. Guess what! Egyptians say "insha'allah"--a lot! Great reporting Michael Slackman, is this the first time you've left Maadi since you got to Egypt three years ago? The whole hook of "they say it more than they used to" is pretty weak, but at least you tried. What next, the revelation that Egyptians eat fuul--a lot!? You should try venturing out from behind the CAC and embassy gates more often, like maybe annually.

[MC]

Fleishman's already done the fuul piece, and a damn fine load it was too. A whole rainbow of color cut up into little bits, spun in a kaleidescope and thrown down across the page like a metaphor fois gras. Whatever the hell that means.

I didn't think the Slackman piece was that bad, kind of smells like something he whipped up late one afternoon though. A three quick phone calls kind of piece. There are hotter stories out there, mind. Like this bad ass tourist with her "defamatory" video. Probably has a couple of shots of donkeys on it. "Hunt her down!" Colonel Jilaad slams his hand into the desk, "and our secrets will remain safe for another 4000 years!" But all his agents are too busy poring over student essays to make sure that Dear Leader hasn't been slighted by some kid from Qus.

[alle]

And the name of the runaway American is... Suzan Tamood Dong?

I get the feeling this could take a while.

[Norman Dombey]

At Al Kibar is on

www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/profile737.html