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In Egypt's opposition Al-Wafd cartoonist Amr Okasha draws a dumb and dumb-looking female broadcaster as a director instructs a political commentator to praise the ruling party."True, you're a guest, but you have to listen to what I say. When I give you the sign, start criticising the opposition, then say you support the [ruling] National Democratic Party. Keep on saying it until I say stop."

"I categorically reject that women be given only a limited quota in parliament; they should run and get as many seats as they can..." -- Hoda Abdel-Moneim, Afaq Arabiya

"Along with the many movements for change that have cropped up during the past few weeks, the presence of women on this front has been impressive and noticeable." -- Fahmi Howeidi, Al-Ahram

"According to these [super]powers, Iranian elections are forged even before they are held and the candidates are potential suspects... In Lebanon every crisis is created by a foreign instigator and Syria is the source of all evil." -- Al-Riyadh

"Washington lacks a plan to normalise its relations with Tehran, preferring to wage a cold war with the Persian state." -- Abdul-Wahab Badrakhan, Al-Hayat

"It's the non-implementatio n that will strike a fatal blow to our relations with the United States and reinstate us in the eyes of the world as an incurable occupier." -- Yoel Marcus, Haaretz