Links 28 March - 21 April 2014

Satirical show on hold to prevent influencing voters - MBC - Aswat Masriya
Bassem Youssef only one with influence? What a joke.A Brotherhood Inquiry in Bad Faith - NYTimes
Kenan Malik on David Cameron's "investigation-for-contracts" of the MBThe campaign to condemn the Brotherhood | ECFR
Hammond on the Saudi spin to blame MB for Islamic extremism.Hammonda. » The Riyadh Document: What could it mean?
On the inter-GCC negotiations.Absence by Sabry Khaled
Stunning photography of the families who have lost loved one in Egypt in the last 3 yearsHow Egypt's Rebel Movement Helped Pave The Way For A Sisi Presidency
Lo and behold, a Tamarrod leader admits to Sheera Frenkel the group was infiltrated by security, "duped"From Minya, after the verdict
Great piece about the atmosphere in a town where 529 have gotten a death sentenceWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families in Moadamiya, Syria
On the desperation in Syria and the West's collective shrugThe Real Contest for Egypt Has Been Won, Now the Spectacle Begins » CounterPunch
Musa al-Gharbi.Democracy has no hope until slavery ends - FT.com
@weddady on Mauritania.WE ARE HAPPY FROM TRIPOLI
Unusually upbeat vision of Libya (although an entirely woman-free one)Egypt woman professor targets young in bid to save Brotherhood
Good piece.Artists install massive poster of child’s face in Pakistan field to shame drone operators
The child lost both parents and a sibling to a drone attackEgypt's constitutional cul-de-sac
Nathan Brown looks back over Egypt's painful and convoluted constitution writing processPatrick Seale: an appreciation | THE DAILY STAR
Michael Young, on news that Seale is very ill.Slain Photographer Made War's Pain Intimate
A slideshow of the beautiful work of Anja Niedringhaus, AP photographer shot in AfghanistanCameron and the Muslim Brothers - FT.com
Good op-ed raising questions about public announcement of MB enquiry.Britain’s move on the MB: a Saudi victory
Excellent analysis of Saudi-MB relations by Andrew Hammond.Peter Neumann · Suspects into Collaborators: Assad and the Jihadists · LRBObama Offers Assurance to Saudis on Syria Stance - NYT
Interesting details on various things.Fueling Egypt’s Economy - Sada
On the energy crisis.Egypt's Judges Join In | Foreign Affairs
Brown & Dunne on the politicisation of the judiciary.Exclusive: Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah on Prison & Regime’s "War on a Whole Generation" | Democracy Now!
Long interview with reflections on the state of Egypt.Égypte, la natalité repart à la hausse
On demographics in Egypt.Britain Orders Inquiry Into Muslim Brotherhood - NYTWas Mohammed Morsi Really an Autocrat? - Shadi Hamid and Meredith Wheeler - The AtlanticHigh Culture and Hard Labor
NYU professor Andrew Ross on the workers building museums and universities in the Persian GulfIn Egypt a cry of outrage is met with death
Good piece on one of the 529 sentenced to deathRomancing the Throne | MERIP
Sheila Carapico on Saudi-USStuck (or Not) in a "Special Relationship" | MERIP
On US-Saudi relations