Links May 13-20 2012

Getting back to blogging...

• Egyptian presidential hopefuls travel across country in bid for votes - The Washington Post
  For Egypt, an unusual presidential campaign: No one knows who will win
• The Egyptian Republic of Retired Generals - By Zeinab Abul-Magd | The Middle East Channel
  "A republic of retired generals par excellence" - Can any president demilitarise #Egypt?
• AFP: Legendary singer Warda dies in Cairo aged 72
• AP: Egypt's mindboggling first time choosing a leader
• Algeria's election was a fraud - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
  Jeremy Keenan
• France’s Ayrault Creates Anatomical Challenge for Arab Press - Bloomberg
• Women and Salafi rank-and-file sit uneasy under Abouel Fotouh's big tent | Egypt Independent
• NGOs granted licences to observe Egypt's presidential elections - News - Aswat Masriya
  #Egypt: 53 NGOs, nearly 1,000 foreign journos, 14k judges to observe presidential elections
• Army ruler says Egypt election will be model vote | Reuters
  Army ruler says Egypt election will be model vote
• Hossam El-Hamalawy: In Egypt, Mubarak's repression machine is still alive and well
• Cairo Court of Appeals head referred to criminal investigation | Egypt Independent
• AP News: Egypt group documents 841 deaths in 2011 uprising
• Egyptian filmmakers to release 'Jews of Egypt' soon - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online
• Mapping Egypt's Electorate | The Middle East Channel
• Shafiq threatens protesters if he wins presidential election | Egypt Independent
• Egypt Brotherhood Takes Harder Line in Campaign - NYTimes.com
• Egypt and Islamic Sharia: A Guide for the Perplexed - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Kadhafi-Sarkozy: l'encombrant "Monsieur Bachir" - L'EXPRESS
  Superbe enquête de L'Express.
• Advocate.com
  Coming Out Story Were Not in Cairo Anymore | - #Egypt
• Moncef Marzouki: Tunisia at the crossroads - Talk to Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera English
  #Tunisia president Moncef Marzouki says he has 'nightmares' of another revolution as a result of discontent, impatience
• The future of the revolution under incumbent powers - Opinion - Ahram Online
• Abul-Fotouh dips, Moussa holds steady in Ahram presidential poll - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
  Abul-Fotouh dips, Moussa holds steady in Ahram presidential poll via @ahramonline
• Egypt in Transition: What Happened to the Liberal Youths of Tahrir Square? - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  Apparently some1 said the complexity of issues @Sandmonkey discusses will make ur head explode
• SPEC notes campaign breaches by Islamist presidential hopefuls - Presidential elections news - Presidential elections 2012 - Ahram Online
  PEC notes campaign breaches by Islamist presidential hopefuls Morsi & El-Awwa, one for illegal slogan, other 4 ad info