Links 1-17 June 2018

• The Long Shadow of 9/11 
  Rob Malley and Jon Finer on US counter-terrorism policy
• Malley and Finer’s Foreign Affairs Article “The Long Shadow of 9/11,” Annotated
  by Alex Thurston of the Sahel Blog
• Who gets to tell Iraq’s history?
  Avi Asher-Shapiro on the NYT ISIS document affair.
• The Brief, Particular Cruelty of Morocco’s Own Goal
• La politique du feuilleton (1/2) : l’Égypte et sa police
  There were six series praising the police on Egyptian TV this Ramadan.
• Libyan army arrests former bin Laden driver Abu Sufian bin Qumu in Derna
  I really wonder why he is considered one of the most important people in Al Qaeda if he was just OBL's driver.
• The outrageous racism that 'graced' Arab TV screens in Ramadan
  Ramadan series think blackface is funny.
• The Mask It Wears
  Pankaj Mishra on liberal internationalism.
• Mohamed Salah and the power to inspire dreams | Mada Masr
  Selim Mohie
• Maghreb: Dream of Unity, Reality of Divisions
  Anouar Boukhars
• The Real Reason the Middle East Hates NGOs
  Steven Cook
• Scotland-sized 'dead zone' discovered in Gulf of Oman
• Morocco’s Religious Diplomacy: To What End?
  Sarah Alaoui
• Is Morocco’s boycott the future of political resistance in north Africa? | MEE
  Max Gallien
• Top US official eyes Israel's Egypt border for Trump wall ideas
• Who Is Behind Trump’s Links to Arab Princes? A Billionaire Friend | NYT
  David D. Kirkpatrick
• Moscow’s Maghreb Moment
  Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck and Vasily Kuznetsov
• Islam’s New ‘Native Informants’
  Nesrine Malek on Ali, Nawaz, etc.
• Newspaper Pledges to Return ISIS Documents to Iraq
  @ursulind in @AlFanarMedia on the resolution (seemingly) of the NYTimes' removal of ISIS files from Iraq
• What Happens in the Gulf Doesn’t Stay in the Gulf
  Rob Malley on how Qatar-UAE rivalry is destabilizing Somalia
• Saudi Arabia Suffers Shock Collapse In Inward Investment - Forbes
  Funny how that happens when you arrest and blackmail your businessmen.
• Sisi's 'final' term? | Mada Masr
  Must-read for Egypt-watchers on constitutional amendments
• Innocence Abroad
  @ursulind on what American can learn abroad, and the writing of Henry James, Suzy Hansen, James Baldwin & Omar El Akkad