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April 5, 2009

Links for April 3rd through April 5th

These are my links for April 3rd through April 5th:

March 13, 2009

Links for March 9th through March 13th

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These are my links for March 9th through March 13th:

February 27, 2009

Links for February 25th through February 27th

These are my links for February 25th through February 27th:

November 10, 2007

Suggested reading/viewing

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Here are a few things I’ve been following:

  • An article from the Financial Times on the expansion of informal housing in Cairo (thanks to the Arabist)
  • A somewhat roughly-made, but substantively very informative documentary on eWaste processing in Guiyu, China (thanks to Andrew Leonard)
  • Taking “self-hating jew” to a whole new level (thanks Sabbah)
  • On the wonkish side, a 40-page paper entitled “Upgrading Authoritarianism in the Arab World“; uninspired policy prognoses not withstanding (ignore the latter 7 pages), it’s a pretty interesting analysis (hat tip to Abu Aardvark)
  • As’ad AbuKhalil (the Angry Arab), always a great source of humorous repudiations of Western hypocrisies and Orientalism, this time sets his sights on New York Times reporting on gays in the Muslim world.

And, on the sillier side:

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