Linksies 2/29/12

Around the world

• Grand Ayatollah or Grand Old Party? This will make you laugh, cry and wonder where we are headed #PureGold
• The Arab World’s First Ladies of Oppression
• Catholics and Muslims working together to help NYC’s poor

‘Merika

• Dramatic increase in American mosques after 9/11
• White House wants nothing to do with NYPD spying on American Muslims
• Attorney General reviewing complaints re: surveillance of American Muslims
• American Muslims now just assume any extremist is harmless FBI Agent How great is the title of this oldie, but goodie?
• Jan Berenstain, author of MY CHILDHOOD LIBRARY of Berenstain Bears Books passed away this week

Culture

• Tweets at the Table? More Americans mix social media with food
• The Epic Live-tweeting of a Park Slope Coop Meeting – this seriously had me literally LOLing.
• Everybody Loves Neal Well, it’s true! Photos and recap of last night’s season finale
• My Halal Kitchen – Check out halal recipes for delicious, healthy eating by fabulady Yvonne Maffei. I had the opportunity to hear her talk this evening and she was truly inspiring.

Multimedia

• Al Jazeera’s The Stream takes on the NYPD spying issue
• How cool is this pic of Brown University? The students on the right are from the 1870s: