Arab News Blog

The current memes, sundry disinformation, and hidden pearls of truth:

• Netanyahu Feeling Like Trip To US To Start World War III Went Pretty Well | The Onion
• Egypt’s most senior military commander promises army overhaul – AlertNet
• Who needs reform most: Egypt or America? – baltimoresun.com
  Cal Thomas appears to think Morsi is president of the Islamic world. Idiot.
• White House Move to Give Egypt $450 Million in Aid Meets Resistance – NYTimes.com
• As Sinai border heats up, Egypt buries its head in the sand – Israel News | Haaretz
• Egyptian liberals threaten to quit constitution-drafting body – chicagotribune.com
• Fire Sweeps Through Aleppo’s 17th-Century Souk
  One of my favorite places in the world.
• State Department’s new Middle East fund falls victim to Capitol Hill dysfunction | The Cable
• Egypt and Gaza: A honeymoon that wasn’t | The Economist
• 5 Reasons to Intervene in Syria Now – NYTimes.com
  Just look at the authors – remember how their ideas worked out in Iraq?
• BBC News – Syria ex-detainees allege ordeals of rape and sex abuse
• Assault on US embassy in Libya was a planned terrorist attack, says Panetta – Your Middle East
  And not spontaneous protest-related murder.
• The Brotherhood, its fateful choices and safe exits – Ahram Online
  Hani Shukrallah – engaging in wishful thinking?
• Morsi takes Manhattan, but Washington’s another story
  Jason Brownlee
• What the Salafis Want
  Ashraf Khalil
• Saving Egyptian Film Classics – YouTube
  Corny but worthwhile.
• #27 Diaspora | Bidoun Projects
  The new Bidoun is out. I have a review of Bernard Lewis’ memoirs in it.
• Should America worry about Morsy? – CNN.com
  Blake Hounshell.
• SYRIA: Towards governance in rebel-held areas
• Morsi speech in translation at UNGA
• English text of El-Tibi’s resignation letter to Egypt’s Constituent Assembly – Politics – Egypt – Ahram Online
• The past, present, and (possible) future of Egypt’s Culture Ministry – Your Middle East
• Syria civil war: ‘We expend the one thing we have, men. Men are dying’
  More Ghaith Abul Ahad in the Guardian.
• Syria’s civil war: how saying the wrong thing can get you tortured
  Ghaith Abul Ahad has been doing crazy good reporting

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