links for 2009-06-22

• "Suck on Our Yachts": Goldman Sachs Issues Non-Apology for Destroying the World Economy | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet
  (tags: financial-crisis finance economic-crisis banks)
• Op-Ed Columnist – A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets – NYTimes.com
  (tags: iran IranElections2009 politics police protests)
• Jordan to implement first Climate Change adaptation project – Arab Environment Watch
  (tags: jordan climate-change water)
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Economy | Development in 3D
  density, distance and division are key D's of World Bank's 2009 World Development Report (WDR). density is apparently good, trying to spread out econ activity is not the way to go, they purport.
  (tags: development urban)
• gary's choices – Is this another Iranian revolution?
  (tags: iran politics elections history IranElections2009)
• Reportback from the streets « SOUTH / SOUTH
  (tags: iran IranElections2009 elections protests)
• Syria: 160 villages deserted 'due to climate change' – Arab Environment Watch
  And thus it begins. No doubt that water will become a major issue in my lifetime.
  (tags: climate-change syria jordan MiddleEast)
• » The Arabic blogosphere Middle East Strategy at Harvard
  more on the Harvard study of arab blogs
  (tags: arab blogs media reference)
• The Traveller Within: On disclosing sources in Iran
  (tags: iran IranElections2009 twitter elections)
• Yale Environment 360: Solar Power from Satellites Gains Momentum among U.S. Companies
  (tags: solar space energy alternative)
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Economy | The aid brigade
  on tracking corruption and fraud with aid
  (tags: egypt aid development)
• Quebec Government Approves Three New Wind Farm Projects | MYGreen Education and Career
  (tags: energy wind environment canada alternative)
• Centre for American Progress Report: Investment in Clean Energy can Create Millions of Jobs | MYGreen Education and Career
  (tags: energy environment economy united-states)
• Call for Papers "Waqf Laws & Management: Reality and Prospects" | IslamicFinance.de
  this conference tackles a topic that i find fascinating as someone interested in development in the Arab (and Muslim) world. I wish i knew more about it, but there seems to be so much potential in waqf (as their is in the religiously prescribed zakat (and 3oshour for copts in egypt)) as a means for development.
  (tags: islam development muslim)
• The toil of the young
  on child labor in egypt
  (tags: child-labor egypt)
• N.Y. Times mines its data to identify words that readers find abstruse » Nieman Journalism Lab
  (tags: NYT language english journalism)
• You Say You Want A Revolution (In a Loose Headscarf) at Racialicious – the intersection of race and pop culture
  (tags: elections iran media women IranElections2009 gender)
• Plastic bag obsession is carrier for environmental ignorance | Environment | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: environment sustainability green plastic)
• BBC NEWS | Middle East | The consequences of engaging Iran
  (tags: iran united-states IranElections2009 policy obama politics)
• How Different are the U.S. and Iran? – Washington's Blog
  compares iran with US gov't policies on protests (including labeling it terrorism)
  (tags: iran united-states IranElections2009 activism protests police terror)
• Business Feed Article | Business | guardian.co.uk
  on gold mining company in Egypt and prospects of takeover
  (tags: egypt resources business)