Daily Links 09/10/2015

• Top female student takes on corruption in Egypt after scoring zero on exams | World news | The Guardian

  tags: egypt

• U. of California Rebuffs Pleas From Jewish Groups to Limit Criticism of Israel – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Gov’t mulls suing promoters of Petra as Israeli site | Jordan Times

• Partha Chatterjee: Why I Support the Boycott of Israeli Institutions | Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

  tags: bds

• After 25-Year Hiatus, First Arabic-Language 'Sesame Street' Opens Again : NPR

• Ahead of the parliamentary race, what's left of Egypt’s political parties? - Features - Egypt - Ahram Online

  tags: egypt

• Egypt sends up to 800 ground troops to Yemen's war - Egyptian security sources - Yahoo News UK

  tags: egypt

• Why don’t we think of north Africa as part of Africa? | Iman Amrani | Comment is free | The Guardian

• Saudi diplomat 'raped Nepali maids' in India - BBC News

  tags: saudi

• Turkey's Demirtas warns leaders heading towards civil war - BBC News

  tags: turkey

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