Links 1-18 February 2016

Your every-once-in-a-while, small batch, artisanal, handcrafted link dump. OK, this time it's meager returns, we've been distracted and have neglected this a bit.

• Egypt: Order to Shut Clinic for Torture Victims | Human Rights Watch
  Nadeem Center, one of the best.
• Egypt orders arrest of Facebook administrator after unfaithful wives comments | Reuters
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former U.N. Secretary General, Dies at 93 - The New York Times
• New Report of U.S.-Made Cluster Bomb Use by Saudis in Yemen - The New York Times
• A list of interesting new books (in English and Arabic) from the Cairo Book Fair
• Harried by police, Egypt's Brotherhood torn by divisions
  @SameralAtrush with some rare MB quotes inside Egypt
• As Syria Devolves Further, Allies Criticize American Policy - The New York Times
• The Right Way to Intervene Against ISIS in Libya | Foreign Affairs
  Wehrey and Lacher
• On Giulio Regeni and the cost of doing business in Egypt
• Khayam Turki : « Il existe un racisme social et régional en Tunisie »
  Excellent interview with former Ettakatol leader
• En Egypte, fin de l’utopie pour les Frères musulmans
  Good long piece.
• The one thing in Saudi Arabia that works well is under threat
  Steffen Hertog on ARAMCO
• Syrie : dans l’univers fracassé de la Ghouta, la vie s’est organisée
  Excellent reportage-by-proxy
• In Egypt, second life for independent trade unions
  Giulio Regeni's last article
• Tunisia’s Periphery Rises Up Again
  Joel Beinin
• To End Syria’s War, Help Assad’s Officers Defect - NYT
  Seems a bit late.
• Al Jazeera Journo Mohamed Fahmy’s Egypt Hell Memoir ‘The Marriott Cell’ Being Developed Into Feature Film | Variety