I’m heading out again for two weeks of travel to Egypt, Jordan, and the Gulf. I don’t expect to post here during that time. But there’s a guest linker: Tony Badran, author of the irreverent weblog Across the Bay. Visit Linkage at the homepage for his personal selection of links, updated daily. (Thanks, Tony, in advance.)

If you haven’t done so already, explore the news feeds on the Sandbox page. No other single click provides as quick an overview of up-to-date Middle East news.