Walter Armbrust, who knows Egypt quite well, offers a thoughtful essay on the strategy of rope-a-dope strategy of the Egyptian generals.

The essay was published in al-Jazeera English.

It is noteworthy that the satellite TV station al-Fara'ayn, which figures importantly in the essay, apparently has been allowed to re-open after being shut on June 30 for criticism of the army commander.  The station has been a platform for Taufiq 'Ukasha, the Mubarak leftover who has been compared to the U.S. conspiracy monger Glenn Beck.  'Ukasha frequently lambasted President Muhammad Mursi for a surfeit of real and imagined failures and motives.

[With the Constitution suspended, the Ministry of Social Affairs has reclaimed it power to ban NGOs and may seek to move against the MB for its use of violence in defending its Cairo Guidance Bureau from being ransacked by demonstrators.

Excellent extended piece on new media in Egypt

"Revolution, Democracy and the Muslim World"--March 23, 2011

Warren Olney "To the Point", listen in or catch the podcast.

A sensible commentary on the stupid season that followed the death of M.H. Fadlallah

A salute to Dan Froomkin, canned by Wapo for reasons that remain unclear

It is easy imagine Froomkin's "White House Watch" columns causing plenty of heartburn in the editorial offices of Wapo, given that the occupants included several unrepentant defenders of Bush's most egregiously disastrous policies.
White House Watch - Dan Froomkin's political opinion blog on washingtonpost.com

Informative article on Arab world media

A version with some cyber links.
Carnegie Reporter, Vol. 5/No. 1 | Arab Media: The Web 2.0 Revolution

Al Jazeera tries to report on AIPAC conference, told to #$@^ off at The Arabist

Al Jazeera tries to report on AIPAC conference, told to #$@^ off at The Arabist

New Media in the Middle East

This is a book-length "working paper" published by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Southern Denmark (in Odense).  The contributors include Jon Anderson, Lars E. Anderson, Khalil Rinnawi among other scholars.  Jakob Feldt and Peter Seeberg are the editors.

CNN Executive Resigns Post Over Remarks

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