On 28 September Amgad Rasmi in Asharq Al-Awsat reflected on America's phobic fear of Arabs, drawing Uncle Sam looking suspiciously at Mars as it gets closer to earth. "He seems to be a terrorist. He has Middle Eastern features," says Uncle Sam In As-Safir on 30 August Saad Hago illustrated the economic recession that is taking a serious toll on all Arab countries. Hago drew a fisherman with a note of apology dangling from the hook: "Sorry, there's no bait. It's the recession".