Arab News Blog

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• INSIGHT-Local wars blur al Qaeda’s threat to West | Reuters
• Syria, jihad and the boys from Tunisia’s Ben Guerdane – The National
• Egypt’s Mursi to visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday | Reuters
  MB charm offensive continues.
• Muslim Brotherhood Seeks Registration as an NGO – Ikhwanweb
• Prioritizing Democracy: How the Next President Should Re-Orient U.S. Policy in the Middle East | Brookings Institution
  Shadi Hamid.
• Shadi Hamid – The Real Reason the U.S. Should Consider Cutting Military Aid to Egypt – The Atlantic
• US senate bill conditions Egypt aid on disclosure of security budget – Ahram Online
  I would usually bet this would be killed by admin, but not sure in elex year.
• Constituent Assembly discusses freedom of religion, future of the presidency | Egypt Independent
  Like the old Egypt, the new Egypt will not have freedom of religion beyond the Abrahamic ones.
• Tunisie : baptême du feu démocratique pour la troïka | Tunisie libre | Rue89 Les blogs
  Overview of recent crisis.
• Iranians turn vegetarian – by force | euronews
  Because of sanctions.
• New Egyptian TV channel to only feature fully face-veiled women – Ahram Online
  Priceless photos.
• Egypt’s military-approved budget could stall Morsi’s plans – Economy – Business – Ahram Online
• Beirut I Love You
  Cannot believe I did not know about this till now.
• Clarence Page’s Job Safe After MEK ‘Dust Up’ | TPMMuckraker
  The MEK’s prominence in US politics is yet another weird side-effect of the Israel lobby.
• Oil Embargo Leads Iran to Disguise Tankers – NYTimes.com
  Important story.
• Rape and Revolution | Souciant
  Bilal Ahmed.
• Egypt’s Policy Makers Scramble To Avert Currency Collapse – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
• Wikileaks: Italian firm sold Syria secure radios as crackdown raged | Ars Technica
• Time: A luxury Egypt can no longer afford | Egypt Independent
  My latest for the Indie. No foxes though.
• Libya’s elections under threat – International Crisis Group
• Syria File
  Wikileaks’ latest
• The Fading of Tahrir Square | Foreign Affairs
• US senate bill conditions Egypt aid on disclosure of security budget – Economy – Business – Ahram Online
• Claims of Islamist Vigilantism Follow Suez Murder Mystery – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
• The Party Just In (and Developing) – Sada
  On Morocco’s PJD.
• Attempts to confuse our collective memory | Egypt Independent
• Arab secularism and its discontents | Stephen M. Walt

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