Links 23 December 2013 - 17 January 2014

Happy new year, I guess.

Dans l’oasis du Fayoum, au sud du Caire, les Frères musulmans rasent les mursTraining Fighters of Future Across Gaza - NYTimes.comDoes Egypt’s Vote Matter?
Ursula Lindsey on what the referendum signifiesDemocratic Republic of Zamalek
"Our official language will be a magical hybrid of Arabic, English and rural Filipino"Summary Of Egypt Aid Limits In The Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Handy rundownA Recipe for Civil War? [PDF]
FRIDE's Kristina Kausch compares Egypt and AlgeriaLive updates: 98% of votes in 25 governorates in favour of draft constitution - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
Egyptian news site estimates approval rateRumour and referendum in Egypt: Staying on side | The Economist
And another great one from Max RodenbeckVoters come out after Imbaba blast | Mada Masr
A good story from Sarah CarrKeep Pollard Behind Bars - NYTimes.comEgypt’s Quest for Itself
Peter Harling and Yasser El Shimy.De hauts gradés du DRS mis à la retraite
More sidelining of old guard in AlgeriaHey General, It's Me, Chuck. Again. - Shadi Hamid - POLITICO
Hamid argument based on (false) premise that US cares.Egypt’s phony democracy doesn’t deserve U.S. aid - The Washington Post
Post Op-Ed.From the Potomac to the Euphrates » Do Not Run, al Sisi…Do Not Run
Steven Cook makes his case.Armed institutions in Egyptian constitutions - Al Jazeera English
Omar Ashour on the Egyptian army's moves against democracy in 1952Exclusive: With Muslim Brotherhood crushed, Egypt sets sights on Hamas | ReutersShould We Cut Off Egypt Aid? Ask AIPAC - The Daily Beast
Israel and friend working hard to defend Egypt aid.It’s better if Al Sissi stays on as Egypt's army chief, says Mohammad Bin Rashid
Big deal this is made public?Civil war turns Syria into major amphetamines hub
Also the case in Libya - mix of young men, drugs and guns...Sisi…Egypt’s president in 2014 | Cairo Post
Good example of the kind of fawning "Sisi will save us" op-eds we can look forward to many more ofFun with facts | Inanities
Thank you Sarah Carr for tearing to bits supremely disingenuous WSJ column (and others)Ariel Sharon’s burial plot set to displace 15,000 Palestinians | The Pan-Arabia Enquirer
"It's what he would have wanted."Egypt’s unsustainable crackdown | European Council on Foreign Relations
Urges EU to think long-term, grow balls.Algérie | Ramtane Lamamra : "L'Histoire nous donnera raison" | Jeuneafrique.com
DZ FM refuses to discuss Morocco.Egypt’s Salafist official: ‘Courts decide who are the terrorists’ - Al Arabiya NewsLegitimizing an Undemocratic Process in Egypt - Carnegie
Michele Dunne.Egypt’s Counterrevolution - NYTimes.com
Missed this op-ed by Sara Khorshid.Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows
As young activists, they unveiled FBI spying, blackmailing of civil rights and anti-war groupsCrushed to death: Palestinian man dies at overcrowded West Bank checkpoint | MondoweissThe Controversial Death of a Teenage Stringer
Teenage Syrian photographer working for Reuters is killedThe Muslim Brotherhood takes its case to the International Criminal Court
Accuses regime of murder, torture, disappearances, persecutionAhmed Maher, Jailed Egyptian Activist, Describes Prison In Smuggled Letters
Unbelievable that this man is back in prisonEgyptian Chronicles: The Return of the #NDP RascalsAfrican migrants in Israel protest in Tel Aviv
Against a law that allows them to be detained for a year without chargesAt al-Azhar University « LRB blogSelling a constitution | Mada Masr
Anonymous Egyptian businessmen finance get-out-the-"Yes"-voteThe Israeli Embassy's Extension
Good BBC comedy sketchThe Muslim Brotherhood, Back in a Fight to Survive - NYTimes.com
Great reporting on MB adaptation.The Egyptian army collects billions in government contracts
Just in the last few monthsAl Sa’eh Library in Tripoli Before It Got Torched
80,000 books may be lost