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Clockwise from the top left: In Libya's Al-Jamahiria newspaper the world, dizzy as it is, sees merit in "the official Arab way of doing things. That's the best thing." On price hikes, Al-Wafd's Amr Okasha: "You must be joking," the home owner tells the cat burglar. "The government didn't leave us anything that can be stolen." Their headgear preventing them from seeing or hearing, Arab delegates protest vehemently at a vacant American seat. Meanwhile, Israel, sitting blissfully behind its wall of separation, continues to have its way. Drawn by Rasmi on the cover of the Saudi magazine Al-Majalla.

"Everyone forgot that the determination of the Egyptian is more potent than the power of nuclear weapons." -- Mohamed Barakat, Chairman of the Board, Akher Sa'a

"Murdering Israeli ambassadors is halal." -- Ali Gomaa, Egypt's mufti, as quoted in Sawt Al-Umma

"We tell the emperor of evil [Bush] that we will not rejoice when he is ousted from office... we shall uphold the principles of our religion and say, "Have compassion on the mighty when they fall." -- Ahmed Ezz El-Arab, Al-Wafd

"Nobody believes that peace can at all be brokered with the current Israeli government." -- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Al-Hayat

"Sharon knows full well that the Syria of today is not the Syria of 1973 and that the Arab world of today is not the same as it was on 6 October 1973." -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor, Al-Quds Al-Arabi

"The Arabs are a basket case... Libya should give up on the Arabs... they are horrible people... Arab solidarity and Pan-Arabism are things of the past." -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi