Links 27-28 December 2010

• Morocco forbids Transparency awards ceremony
  Meet Morocco, the new Tunisia.
• Citing potential harm to men's 'sensitive spots,' activist urges film ban | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Ridiculous: human rights activist calls for film on sexual harassment to be banned.
• The Problem is the Israeli Occupation: al-Nabi Saleh
  Joel Beinin reports from the West Bank.

• Aleppo, Syria, Preserves the Past by Enhancing the Present - NYTimes.com
  On the Aga Khan preservation project in Aleppo.
• Special report: Why Egypt's power has dimmed | Reuters
  A long piece on Egyptian decline.
• Egypt's real state of emergency
  Mohamed ElBaradei's op-ed in the Washington Post.
• Super Mario Theme Played on the Oud | Anonymous Arabist وين الناس
  Qataris play NES Super Mario tune on oud and guitar.
• Gaza's fallen women: doing time for 'moral' crime - Yahoo! News
  Very sad story about prostitution in Gaza.