Reading for Easter

As usual I have left it for far too long to collect links for a reading post.

BBC pondered the loss of a cosmopolitan Cairo. The plight of women in Egypt and how to fight daily harassment has also met attention. Later, Egyptian women bloggers were also highlighted. Images of Christians in Egyptian popular culture are reviewed.

Dagens Nyheter reports Amnesty's finds of warcrimes in Gaza. another article looks at the situation a number of weeks on, trying to sum up the results.

Svenska Dagbladet visited those Turks who are already citizens of the EU.

BBC discusses the meaning of Obama's Newruz message to Iran. Iran parties for newruz but substances have a dark side to them too. CSIS published a lengthy report on the likelihood and potential consequences of an Israeli strike against Iranien nuclear facilities. World Politics Review looks at Iran's special form of democracy.

Dagens Nyheter reviews a recent book of Tariq Ramadan on reform in islam.

Stratfor looks a Turkish-Russian power rivalry.

Massoud Qiam writes for Aftonbladet on freedom of expression (or the lack of it) in Afghanistan. The same paper looks at faceless Afghan women...

Palestinian Tamer Institute receives a Swedish prize for childrens books and reading.

BBC looks at the situation for shias in Saudi-arabia. Also a woman from the UAE tells her story after leaving her family for a different life the US. Svenska Dagbaldet discusses buying lingerie in Saudi-arabia. Ted Karasik of INEGMA looks at Saudi politics and the line of inheritance.

Eurasianet looks at the family rule in Azerbaijan.

Swedish-Lebanese journalist Laura Macdissi writes of her 2 years for the UN in Baghdad in a recent book. BBC meets Iraqis making humour of their everyday violence and hardship. IWPR looks at neighbourly relations in Baghdad.

Protests have been going up in Bahrain in recent weeks. In connection with the Arab summit, BBC tried to take a closer look at Qatar. The backside of Dubai's development is increasingly visited - but maybe the price paid by poorer regional neighbours when their citizens return home jobless is even more important in the short run?

Yavuz Baydar writes for Utrikesbloggen on the Turkish criticism on Fogh Rasmussen, ahead of his appointment to NATO.

Svenska Dagbladet looks at the mechanism of honor and how it subtly changes to conserve traditions met with western society.

Svenska Dagbladet reviews a book on pyramidal architecture and societal organization.

Sweden debated stereotyping of Russians after the national Eurovision final, both in Svenska Dagbladet and in Dagens Nyheter. Eurovision is politics, we can conclude just about every spring!

The National ran quite an amusing piece on switching languages and accents.

Svenska Dagbladet followed a Swedish adventurer in early-colonial Africa.

Dagens Nyheter reads recent classic books and finds common denominators in i e Pulitzer winner's.