Bottom Lines

"The absence of democracy has allowed the government and its party to continue in power and to reduce the Egyptian economy to its current tragic state," -- Hussein Abdel-Razeq, Al-Ahali, 6 August.

"The solution to the exchange rate problem does not lie in the hands of the banking sector alone. It is also in the hands of those who can increase our hard currency through exports, or by providing local substitutes for foreign products," -- Mamdouh El-Wali, Al-Aalam Al-Yom, 10 August.

"Thanks are due to the two ministers who have upheld the rights of women: Minister of Education Hussein Bahaaeddin who has cancelled school fees for single mothers and Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi who has appointed the first woman ever to head an oil company," -- Youssef Al-Qa'eed, Al-Osbou.

"We do not care for a contrived conflict with Israel," -- Hussein Mustafa Al-Khomeini, Al-Hayat, 10 August.

"Kuwaitis should apologise," -- Abdel-Bari Utwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 11 August.