Links 18-26 January 2014

Dalida - Helwa ya baladi

A little Dalida nostalgia to add to your anniversary blues.

• Activist groups reject MB call to unite | Mada Masr
  A (too) late apology from MB to revs.
• EU to grant Egypt €500 bn in aid | Egypt Independent
• U.S. Citizen Taken From His Apartment In Cairo By Egyptian Security Officials
• النائب العام يأمر بالتحقيق مع “بيبسي” بتهمة بث إعلانات تُحرض الشباب على التظاهر | ONA
  Egypt Prosecutor orders investigation into Pepsi for ads encouraging youth to demonstrate
• Al-Qaeda made £50m from ransoms in 3 years, says British UN ambassador | Mail Online
• Priorities for Legislative Reform | Human Rights Watch
  In Libya.
• The second death of Khaled Saeed | Mada Masr
  On the eve of Jan 25, a look at the case and Facebook page that partly started it all
• Libya: Facing Economic Collapse in 2014
• EGYPT'S PRESIDENT: POLICE STATE HAS ENDED - AP
  Er...
• Renowned Scholar in Egypt Charged With Espionage - NYTimes
  On Emad Shahin.
• Life in the City of the Dead by Virginie Nguyen | PANORAMA
  This is an amazing photo essay of the daily life of two families in Cairo
• Hammonda. »Egypt’s Salafis: ‘New Brothers’ walking a political minefield
  Andrew Hammond on Nour.
• Demoted Egyptian editor bemoans lack of press freedom | Reuters
  Hahaha - Salama was running insane stories, arselicking whoever was in power.
• Talk About a Dark Horse: Promoting ‘Omar Suleiman for President?
  20,000 members (ironically?) support presidency of a dead man
• ٢٥ يناير ٢٠١١ (jan25_365) on Twitter
  Retweets from Egypt three years ago
• Cars of Cairo
  Beautiful blog on unusual cars spotted in Cairo.
• Nasawiyat | A blog on women in Egypt
  New and promising blog by Nadine Marroushi
• Anthology of poems about Baghdad captures city through the ages
  From Bookforum
• With truce offer, Assad has left his regime exposed | The National
• Will Oil-Rich Libya Go Bankrupt in Less Than Four Years? | Revenue Watch Institute
  Gasp.
• Egypte : comment l'armée a falsifié le texte de la constitution
  How the Egyptian army rewrote final draft of constitution after approval.
• ISIS judge to Sinai jihadists: 'We and you are one' - Threat Matrix
• Morocco’s Slow Motion Reform Process - SWP
  Slow or no motion?
• 516: Stuck In The Middle | This American Life
  Featuring Sarah Carr on disillusionment in Egypt.
• Influence of moneyed elites rebounds in Egypt - The Washington Post
• Life as a Muslim Brotherhood Supporter in Egypt | VICE
  Good reporting.
• Egypt Says Twitter Post by Liberal Was Crime - NYTimes.com
  The judges have it in for Hamzawy.
• The Egypt outside ‘The Square’ | Al Jazeera America
  Evan Hill assesses "The Square" and the bleak "Rags and Tatters"
• ‘The Square’ is a beautiful documentary. But its politics are dangerous.
  Maz Fischer overstates argument, but makes sound overall point.
• Iraqi IDPs from Fallujah fighting flock north
• West Bank mosque attack blamed on radical Israeli settlers
• Lebanese owner who died defending Kabul restaurant
• An Egyptian coup Journalist: we will slaughter Americans in the streets, in Egypt and abroad - YouTube
  Mustafa Bakry promises pogrom against Americans if El Sisi is assassinated
• Here is a list of the real forces behind the violence in Iraq - Opinion - Al Jazeera English