Links 22 November 2010

• Chatoyant Crumbs: Egypt's elections: 'fixed ballot' offers drama in everything but the final result
  Jack Shenker reports on Egypt's elections: plenty of drama, except about the outcome.
• Has Egypt's ruling party grown fat? - In Depth - Al Jazeera English
  The NDP: not a party, not democratic - is it even national?
• Sovereignty, made-to-order | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Amr Shobaki on how Egypt peddles its sovereignty one day but always defends it when it comes its rights record.
• View from Middle East: President Obama is a problem - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
  Ben Smith at Politico really is an Israeli shill - he calls Israel's most pro-US state, ridiculous.
• No war, but a war song leads the Israeli charts
  'Pain of Warriors', cheesy Israeli song about soldiers, is top hit. They really have the worst pop in the region.
• Al Shorouk, Penguin Group to launch joint publishing project | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Egypt's al-Shorouk teaming up with Penguin to publish Penguin Classics in Arabic.
• The Impact Today and Tomorrow of Chalmers Johnson - The Washington Note
  Steve Clemons writes about the late, great Chalmers Johnson.
• Food merchants flee South Sudan before Jan. vote
  Northerners no longer feeling welcome in South ahead of Sudan referendum.
• The Muslim Brotherhood in flux - In Depth - Al Jazeera English
  A broad take on the MB, its divisions and its future.
• English through the ages
  The word admiral made its way into English from Arabic in 1208, as did almanac in 1391, jar in 1592 and sofa in 1624.