Links for 11.19.09 to 11.24.09
✪ Middle East Report 253: Beyond Compare by Julie Peteet | On the similarities of the Israeli occupation to Apartheid, its differences, and a call for a new advocacy strategy. ✪ Newsweek Reporter’s Ordeal in Iran | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com | Maziar Bahari's story. ✪ The sixth war – The National Newspaper | Greg Johnsen on the Huthi-Saudi-Yemeni war(s), and their socio-political underpinnings. ✪

Soccer nationalism
Egyptian crowds near the Algerian Embassy (Elijah Zarwan) On Friday night, out in Downtown Cairo for a drink, I was startled to see a well-known alley blocked by riot police at both ends. It turned out they were there to protect the Air Algeria offices from Egyptian soccer fans. Later that night, protesters outside the Algerian Embassy in Zamalek clashed with police. The

Birds of the Nile
Fathi Abdel-Waheb and Abeer Sabry My last foray into the Cairo Film Festival was to go see عصافير اانيل (”Birds of the Nile”) last night. The film is based on the work of the novelist Ibrahim Aslan, which already inspired a great Egyptian film, the 1991 Kit-Kat. “Birds of the Nile” is no Kit-Kat, however. At least from what I saw: I didn’t stay through the film. I’ll admit that extraneous factors may have

Sheikh Mo and his vision
Dubai, supposed success story going through a rough time, is not so different than the poorer, larger Arab states. Angry Arab: Shaykh Majid bin Muhammad bin Rashid of the House of Maktum (son of Shaykh Mo) has received a MA degree from the Dubai Police Academy for his thesis on “The Genius of Crisis Management in the Vision of Shaykh Muhammad Bin Rashid of the House of Maktum.” Do you now see why I am an Angry Arab?

Links for 11.16.09 to 11.18.09
✪ ضغوط أمريكية لزيادة الغاز المصري لإسرائيل وخفض أسعاره – بوابة الشروق | al-Shurouk reports that US is asking Egypt to increase gas deliveries to Israel, and at cheaper price. ✪ US rebukes Israel on settlement plans – Yahoo! News | … but will do nothing about it. ✪ Nubian fury at ‘monkey’ lyric of Arab pop star Haifa We