Links 1-2 November 2010

Suleiman the Magnificent by Melchior Lorck

• Conflict or Cooperation? | Foreign Affairs
  Interesting essay on three visions of post-Cold War world.

• Torture in Bahraini prisons continues, with a number of children as its victims | Bahrain Center for Human Rights
  Over 300 detained since mid-August.
• Al-Qaida is growing in North Africa too - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
  So-so article.
• اليوم السابع | عثمان: "هنجيب عمال من بنجلاديش بأقل من 400 جنيه"
  Egypt Minister on min. wage: "We'll just bring in cheap Bengladeshi."
• Egypt revokes licenses for TV satellite uplinks, tells providers to reapply
  Just before elections...
• Harvard Mena: “GLOBAL ECONOMY” IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  This talk on Nov. 19 at Harvard looks interesting.
• Egyptian Writer Accuses Israeli Organization of Plagiarism
  Aswani furious at illegal translation of Yacoubian Building.

• A Possible Armageddon in Southern Beirut
  Rami Khouri.
• Libya's Foreign Policy: Drivers And Objectives
  Or, how to make sense of a madman.
• Cageprisoners : How Paul Wolfowitz authorized human experimentation at Guantánamo
  Wolfie and his colleagues still walking free - what gives?
• Palestinian children face increasing settler violence: study (AFP)