More Middle East reading in an eventful July

This July is really turning out quite interesting, so lots of reading links here again.

A lot of Svenska Dagbladet-reporting as usual and I really wonder how discussions run between the editorial committe and the foreign policy-reporters?

Here is on labour conditions in Saudi-arabia, anyways.

A series of Bitte Hammargren-articles: on Syrians and Lebanese, on Lebanese conclusions from the exchange of prisoners with Israel and on diverging emotions in Israel and Lebanon.

The Svenska Dagbladet editorial on the issue of the prisoner exchange...

BBC writes on hopes for regional peace after the Paris summit earlier in the week.

Stephen Larrabee writes for Foreign Affairs on Turkey and the Middle East.

Abu Dhabi's new The National is emerging as an important media player on Gulf affairs, here on Iran's motives and hopes and steps.

Joost Hiltermann, here in MERIP, on the Kurds in Iraq.

A James Rubin op-ed in NY Times on the opening of a US interest section in Tehran. Svenska Dagbladet writes on the same issue here, quoting the Guardian.

Al-Jazeera looks at the stance of Arab media to the ongoing crisis in Darfur.

ICG has published actively, here on the position of Lebanon's Christians in the new political board, as well as on ruling Palestine.

As a followup to last week's ICG-report on Iraqi refugees, I here share the Norwegian research institute FAFO's work on Iraqis in Jordan.

Radio Free Europe writes on Iranians in Dubai, finding a hard life also away from hardships at home.

The National writes on Emirati involvements in Central Asia, here in Kazakhstan.

BBC links Al-Qaida to last week's Istanbul attack.

Egyptian author Alaa al-Aswany (The Yaqoubian Building and Chicago), is also featured in the National.

BBC tells the story of the screening of the Israeli film on the Egyptian band visiting, in Cairo.

Thwo important Swedish editorial writes, usually very far apart, have written a book together on fashion and style in politics!

Dagens Nyheter interviews Saskia Sassen on globalization and the nation-state.