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February 27, 2009

Links for February 25th through February 27th

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

362 – Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension « Strange Maps – An interesting mapping of which languages are the quintessential index of gobbledygook in other languages. Interestingly, no one seems to think of English as being beyond comprehension. Hat tip to arabist.net
Guest Op-Ed: Israelis Misused Weapons in Gaza to Target Civilians – More details (as if we needed them) of how evil Israel is
10,000 Days – Hosni Mubarak has been ruling Egypt for 10,000 Days
Julian Glover: A collapsing carbon market makes mega-pollution cheap | Comment is free | The Guardian – Why carbon trading systems don't work (thanks to The Oil Drum)
Tangible Common Equity for Beginners « The Baseline Scenario – Confused about all this "preferred" versus "common" stock stuff with Citigroup? This article does a pretty good job of explaining it. Thanks to Andrew Leonard at HTWW for the link.
Traffic Week: On Automotive Darwinism « – The Arab Media Shack is posting a series of articles about traffic in Cairo (one of my favorite subjects). I don't agree completely with this one, but it has some interesting points. Be sure to read the comments (not just mine).
ei: New Orleans intifada – "New Orleans' immigrant communities are often ignored or under-represented. But through grassroots organizing, legal action and political lobbying, Asian and Latino organizations in the city have won some important victories. Activists from New Orleans' Arab population — which is largely Palestinian — have expressed hope that they can follow these examples."
Lessons in Geography (Dennis Ross Edition) – Apparently Egyptians aren't the only ones who can't seem to figure out which continent they're on.

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February 23, 2009

Links for February 23rd

Filed under: links — Tags: antiquities, AUC, education, Egypt, El-HusseinExplosion, Gaza, labor, MiddleEast, SaudiArabia, students, terrorism, theEconomy, tourism — admin @ 2:01 pm

These are my links for February 23rd from 12:22 to 13:45:

Reform in Saudi Arabia | Tiptoeing towards reform | The Economist – The Economist on changes afoot in the kingdom of the two holy shrines, and an Ikea outlet (thanks to Angry Arab for the jab)
Faculty shortages leads to registration nightmares | AUC Caravan – AUC spends all this money to move out to the desert, ostensibly so that it will have more space for an expanding student body, but now it has no money to pay enough teachers to instruct the students. That's AUC for you.
Janitors dine on litter, while thousands for student free food went unused | AUC Caravan – The AUC Caravan keeps up its solid reporting
Khan al-Khalili: Neo-Terrorism and the Gaza Effect? – "I'd also guess that the bombing came in response to the Egyptian government's tacit support for the Israeli campaign against Hamas in Gaza in December and January. The radicals had been repressed, penetrated, tapped, imprisoned, watched. They had made deals. There hadn't been a bombing in Cairo for some time. But my guess is that for a few of them, Gaza was a deal breaker." I like Juan Cole better when he doesn't guess.
Daily News Egypt – STUDENT PROTEST DEMANDS END TO SECURITY PRESENCE ON CAMPUS – Sarah Carr reports: “For the first time the Muslim Brotherhood has taken part in a protest where demonstrators were holding up pictures of Gamal Abdel Nasser — who imprisoned and killed MB members — and called for the removal of [President] Hosni Mubarak and his government,” the commentator said. “This was previously a red line for the MB — it’s the first time it happens.”
Can Egypt bring Cleopatra’s palace back to life? – "The water down there isn't just difficult to see through, it's poisonous. And the designs put forward at the moment are for an underwater Disneyland, not a place where people will learn about heritage. If these corporate sponsors want to build a sunken theme park then fine, but don't try and pass it off as a serious archaeological endeavour."