Monday, July 28, 2008

Late July reading links

Many diverse topics as usual, but there is a theme weaving through my choices for you this week.

On Turkey's political turbulence - here Aftonbladet on the EU process. Gulf News reprints Christian Science Monitor on the ongoing multi-dimensioned political crisis.

BBC also highlights the issue of sexual harassment in Egypt.

The latest MERIP publication on Lebanon "post-Doha".

BBC has photos of a bombing of a pilgrimage in Iraq. Nuri Kino writes for Aftonbladet on forgotten Iraqi refugees.

Gulf News tells of higher prices and later marriages in the UAE.

A Lebanese university is about to be the first Arab education institution to open in the UAE, writes Gulf News.

Arab insight writes on blogging here in the Gulf.

The Economist had a special theme on the war against terrorism - 7 years on.

Newsweek interviews the Israeli UN ambassador on Iran.

Gary Sick writes for Abu Dhabi National on the US and Iran - "Breaking the ice"?

BBC reports from Yerevan on Iran and Armenia.

An article from earlier this year, where Harvard Law Centre explores the Iranian cyber-space.

Patrick Seale writes for Gulf News on Barack Obama and Afghanistan.

ICG published a report on the Taliban and winning propaganda victories.

Human Rights Watch's representative is banned from Uzbekistan.

Before the Olympics, Svenska dagbladet travels to Kashgar and explores the life of Chinese Turkish Muslims, the Uighur of Xinjiang.

Svenska Dagbladet on the Swedish Foreign service...

Rickard Schwartz in Svenska Dagbladet on the power base of arrested bosnian-Serb leader Karadzic. An opinion column on the related topic of Mladic also from the same paper.

BBC writes on a new film, on Christians and Muslims in Egypt, starring Adel Imam and Omar Sharif.

Another film, this time Iranian, on Sadat is featured by BBC - Swedish Arab World writed Magdi Abdel-Hadi is behind it.

BBC publishes a video clip on cave oil paintings in Afghan Bamiyan.

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