Links 27 January - 17 February 2014

From the comic strip Luna of Cairo - see link below. 

Tunisia’s new constitution: progress and challenges to come | openDemocracy
Zaid al-Ali and Donia Ben RomdhaneConvince, Coerce, or Compromise? Ennahda’s Approach to Tunisia’s Constitution | Brookings Institution
Monica Marks on Ennahda's internal politics.What was the thinking behind Libya’s transition? | THE DAILY STAR
Pete Cole urges patience.The Strategy of Egypt's Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
Long War Journal's David BarnettThe Egypt Effect: Sharpened Tensions, Reshuffled Alliances - Carnegie
Regional impact of July 3.Qatar’s leadership transition: like father, like son | ECFR
Andrew Hammond argues Qatar as Ikhwanophile as ever.An account of torture from Wadi al-Natrun prison | Mada MasrCairobserver — Review: Ahdaf Soueif's CairoCairobserver — Second Print Edition of CairobserverLuna of Cairo by Luna and Leela Corman - Narratively
Cute comic on life of foreign belly dancer in Cairo.(No) Dialogue in Bahrain | MERIPEgypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for 'expected' electricity crisis
But of course.Are protesters overthrowing a brutal despot, or merely bad losers at the polls? - The Independent
Patrick Cockburn on Egypt, Thailand, Ukraine, Turkey.Sabbahi calls for candidate debate with El-Sisi ahead of Egypt's presidential poll - Ahram OnlineMorocco police block launch of rapper's new albumThe Resurgence of Militant Islamists in Egypt | Middle East Institute
Khalil EnaniPolitical Scientists Are Targets in Egypt’s Crackdown on Islamists
On the ripples of concern raised by the Emad Shahin caseNew rail freight link could become 'Israel’s Suez Canal’ - Haaretz
Huge mistake re: MB, but interestingLibyan army commander calls for parliament to be suspended | Reuters
He's no Sisi - http://youtu.be/R5uXd3oGDTw"Pourquoi je veux mourir en Syrie" : confession d'un djihadiste français - France 24Security Forces in Egypt Detain Employee of American Embassy
For setting up meetings b/w Embassy and MB. Egyptian government now retroactively criminalizing all contact with the Brothers?Pharaohs, Caliphs and Field Marshals - NYTimes.com
Powerful op-ed by Bahaeddin Hassan.Egypt Detains a U.S. Embassy Employee - NYTimes.com
For talking to MB.Hazem Kandil · Sisi’s Turn: What does Sisi want? · LRB
Scathing on the MB, problematic in many places.L’empire DRS contre-attaque.
Post on political machinations in Algeria.Meet Chechclearr, the Web-savvy foreign Islamic militant in Syria - Los Angeles TimesCommentary: No Iran Deal? No Problem | The National InterestSudan, Egypt officers collude in migrant abuse: rights groupBritish company negotiates exporting gas from Israel to Egypt
Possible that Egypt will become consumer and exporter of Israeli gas...The Quest for Cultural Authenticity and the Politics of Identity - LSE
Lecture by Sami ZubeidaMassacres in Egypt Report - HRMThe Brotherhood Withdraws Into Itself
Nathan BrownLetter from the wife of a detainee: A visit to prison - Daily News EgyptTurkish police caught in middle of war between PM and ex-ally | The Guardian
Fascinating on Gulen network penetration.From nationalism to resistance and back again | Mada Masr
Lovely bit of musical history by Sarah CarrThe motorbike girl gangs of MoroccoThe Crooks Return to Cairo
On the "reconciliation" deals in the works with Mubarak-era businessmenA murder mystery set in post-Saddam Baghdad is as good as it is daring - Reviews - Books - The Independent
A review of Elliot Colla's Baghdad Central, which is in my daunting to-read stackمفاجأة | وقف طبع جريدة الوطن بسبب تقرير «ثروة السيسي» المقدرة بـ 30مليون جنيه
Issue of El Watan newspaper banned after it reports Sisi's personal fortune is $4 millionWho’s afraid of a binational state? - Haaretz
Gideon Levy makes the obvious argument: it's already one state.Egypt forecasts gas shortage next fiscal year | Reuters
And BG just declared Force Majeure...Egypt's quick-fix minimum wage hike fails to calm workers | ReutersEgypt summons Qatar's charge d'affaires over Egyptian cleric | Reuters
Qaradawy.Mr Blair goes to Cairo
Fuck you Blair. Bet you miss your vacations with Mubarak.The Political Marshal of Egypt | Mada Masr
Belal Fadl on Nasser, Amer, Montgomery, Heikal and of course Sisi.State security charges film-maker with spreading ‘false news’ to foreign countries
Egyptian film-maker detained for having footage of Rabba dispersal, using term "coup"In Egypt, just speaking to Brotherhood is a risk for foreign reporters
Journalists in Egypt face growing threatsThe Collapse of the Phrase ‘Constitutional Pragmatism’
Amr HamzawyWhat are the legal steps before Sisi's candidacy? | Mada MasrThe Future That We do not want to see in #Egypt
What is wrong w/ these people?Arabic Erotica
Scholarly blog on "Sex and Erotology in Mediaeval Arabic Literature"Syria’s Polio Epidemic: The Suppressed Truth by Annie Sparrow | The New York Review of BooksIs it time for the west to recognise Cyrenaica? | Nick Butler
Dangerous and misguided piece.Syria Plea: ‘We Are Eating Cat and Donkey Meat, Have Mercy on Us’
Heartbreaking reporting from Yarmouk.The sad story of Amr Hamzawy and Emad Shahin
Nathan BrownPresidential Elections: The Key Step in Egypt’s Roadmap [Part I]
Nader Bakkar: Sisi running is "akin to gambling" - is that a Salafi diss?Influential cleric urges Saudis to stop backing Egypt's dominant military
Qaradawi sowing fitna in Saudi, says false flag ops in Cairo.Letter to Obama From American Detained in Egypt - NYTimes.com
Gut-wrenching.English translation of new Tunisian constitutionBBC News - Egypt Air Force helicopter 'downing' a major escalation
New manpad threatRefashioning Morocco’s Loyalist Party - Sada
On the PAM.Egypt, reneging on roadmap, to start elections with presidential vote
So long, July roadmap.Latest copy of Cairobserver
[PDF]On Moroccan Hill, Villagers Make Stand Against a Mine - NYTimes.comLes enfants fauchés par la révolution égyptienne - Libération
Portraits of the parents of 2011 "martyrs".