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links for 2009-03-31

Posted in Del.icio.us, Uncategorized on Tuesday, 31 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Saudi Minister Urges Caution on Renewable Energy – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com
interesting. pro-oilism
(tags: oil energy saudi-arabia)

Daily News Egypt – Full Article
(tags: auc united-states intelligence)

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links for 2009-03-30

Posted in Del.icio.us, Uncategorized on Monday, 30 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Obama Adminstration: GM CEO is Out, Chrysler Not Viable! | The Karma Report.com
(tags: united-states auto business economic-crisis financial-crisis finance)

Will Arab leaders discuss Israeli airstrike in Sudan? | csmonitor.com
(tags: egypt hamas iran israel sudan)

Big Coal by Jeff Goodell:The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future | The Karma Report.com
(tags: coal book review environemnt energy)

China’s Big Recycling Market [...]

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links for 2009-03-29

Posted in Del.icio.us, Uncategorized on Sunday, 29 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Rise of the Underground – WSJ.com
(tags: india slums economy economic-crisis economics)

Carnegie Middle East Center
(tags: uk hizballah lebanon politics)

Adrift on the Nile | Foreign Affairs
(tags: egypt politics muslim-brotherhood business law mubarak review books)

Economy v. Environment: Can the Stimulus Really Be Green? – Environmental Capital – WSJ
(tags: economy economic-crisis environment green)

stealth of nations: Brilliant!!!
(tags: slums india [...]

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links for 2009-03-26

Posted in Del.icio.us, Uncategorized on Thursday, 26 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Big Takeover : Rolling Stone
wow. excellent article:
"And the worst part about it is that we're still in denial — we still think this is some kind of unfortunate accident, not something that was created by the group of psychopaths on Wall Street whom we allowed to gang-rape the American Dream."
"Liddy made AIG sound like [...]

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links for 2009-03-25

Posted in Del.icio.us, Uncategorized on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

AFP: Egypt tries to hang up on killer SMS rumours
(tags: egypt ICT)

Living My Life Faster – 8 years of JK's Daily Photo Project on Vimeo
(tags: internet video photo art documentary)

Middle East Report 249: The Brothers and the Wars by Joshua Stacher
interesting take on the faction lines within the brotherhood (conservative vs pragmatic as reflection of [...]

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links for 2009-03-24

Posted in Del.icio.us, Uncategorized on Tuesday, 24 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Daily Star – Politics – Netanyahu looks to reassure Cairo over Lieberman choice
(tags: egypt israel)

UN experts condemn detention of Egyptian blogger | Amnesty International
(tags: egypt humanrights blogs UN)

المصرى اليوم
(tags: egypt government water sinai)

DevelopmentAid.org
(tags: development aid job ngo)

Hezbollah spends millions to rebuild stronghold
(tags: politics war lebanon hizballah)

Egyptian intelligence chief's Washington agenda | The Cable
(tags: gaza [...]

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links for 2009-03-23

Posted in Del.icio.us on Monday, 23 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

New rules for Dubai | A little more decorum, please | The Economist
A commission chaired by the crown prince, Sheikh Hamdan al-Maktoum, has proposed a code of public conduct to tighten strictures on dress, drinking, dancing and public displays of affection, such as kissing.
(tags: society dubai culture religion sex sexuality)

http://rsmag.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/multinational200802.html
(tags: activism humanrights UNREAD oil nigeria)

FT.com [...]

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links for 2009-03-22

Posted in Del.icio.us on Sunday, 22 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

semi-expert: an arabist in beirut: USAID English
(tags: egypt united-states development usaid NYT media Slackman)

Stop this nonsense «
on recent cairo bar scene articles; comment thread is the interesting part
(tags: cairo bars)

The Profit Behind the Myths: New documentary refutes "benevolent" Canada | The Dominion
(tags: politics video international canada review cida)

Londonstani on “The Islamist” at The Arabist
(tags: review [...]

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Downtown bar scene

Posted in Cairo, Culture, Religion on Sunday, 22 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is a critique of an article on the demise of the downtown Cairo bar scene The article in question seems to have more or less lifted the essence of an earlier article. They’re all tagged on my delicious under Cairo and probably beer or bar. too busy to look them up at the moment.
Anyway, [...]

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links for 2009-03-17

Posted in Del.icio.us on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

globeandmail.com: Mubarak on diplomatic offensive to promote Mideast peace
(tags: egypt politics mubarak international geopolitics)

EIPR- Supreme Administrative Court Upholds Right to Identification Documents without Discrimination
(tags: egypt humanrights religion bahaii)

Sic Semper Tyrannis : Freeman speaks out on his exit
Chas Freeman letter turning down invitation to chair NIC
(tags: politics corruption united-states obama israel)

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links for 2009-03-16

Posted in Del.icio.us on Monday, 16 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Center for the Business of Government: Publications – Grant Reports
Boeltzig and Pilling identified specific groups of people who typically are not connected to the Internet and examined the circumstances of each – rural, poor, disabled, seniors, and ethnic minorities. They focused on how these groups of people, such as homebound individuals, could benefit most [...]

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links for 2009-03-15

Posted in Del.icio.us on Sunday, 15 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

D A I J I W O R L D
Indians flee Dubai, abandoning cars by the hundreds at the airport
(tags: economy economic-crisis economics dubai india)

2007-10-1-Overview.php
(tags: women development microcredit)

Harvard launches Media Cloud media analysis site | News | guardian.co.uk
(tags: resource media research harvard)

The Media Line
(tags: egypt politics islam united-states terror policy middle-east middle_east geopolitics islamism islamophobia)

Who [...]

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links for 2009-03-12

Posted in Del.icio.us on Thursday, 12 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Egypt and beyond: The blame game: class struggle in Shebeen el-Kom
(tags: activism egypt cairo economy security india business privatization protests)

Why sustainability is still going strong
(tags: sustainability business corporate management)

It’s time to hear the good news from Dubai – The National Newspaper
(tags: dubai)

BBC NEWS | Middle East | UK MP given Palestinian passport
not really sure what [...]

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links for 2009-03-11

Posted in Del.icio.us on Thursday, 12 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Solving a Social Problem, Without Going the Nonprofit Route – NYTimes.com
social entrepreneurs/enterprises
(tags: development business enterprise)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | A conflict of interests?
law for prosecution of cabinet ministers
(tags: egypt corruption law)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Is business a liberalising force?
meh
(tags: egypt business capitalism democracy AmrHamzawy)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Economy | No wait-and-see
(tags: egypt economy economic-crisis remittances [...]

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links for 2009-03-11

Posted in Del.icio.us on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t Fear the Ikhwan Part Two «
(tags: egypt politics muslim-brotherhood UNREAD)

Stella – ستلا بيرة الشلة |
(tags: egypt cairo)

OPEC less pressed to cut, oil recovering: delegate | Reuters
(tags: economy economic-crisis energy oil oil-price opec)

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jail term for Egypt ferry owner
appeals court overrules acquittal and sentences to 7 years
(tags: egypt politics corruption [...]

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