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In Al-Qahira and Sawt Al-Umma, cartoonists take the blunt approach to ridiculing men and women presidential contenders who are set to lose before 77-year-old Mubarak In Al-Hayat, cartoonist Habib Hadad sketches Israel's disengagement from Gaza, complete with vociferous settlers and the ruined landscape of Palestine following their removal

"I would not allow any head of state to kiss my wife on the cheek like Jimmy Carter did with Jihan El-Sadat (widow of Anwar El-Sadat). Although in the context of the US culture this is simply a greeting manner, I would still not allow it because it is inconsistent with Egyptian cultural values." -- Talaat El-Sadat, presidential candidate, Sawt Al-Umma

"We can use the vast deserts to have large numbers of camels. Camels are not like cows; they do not get mad-cow disease." Fawzi Ghazal, presidential candidate, -- Akhbar Al-Youm

"I am running in the elections to win, even if victory is impossible." -- Wahid El-Oqssori, presidential candidate, Nahdet Misr

"Even if his [Garang's] successors in the SPLM intend to proceed with the peace process, the peace foes at home and abroad have got rid of a stubborn, patient and experienced rival." -- Abdallah Iskandar, Al-Hayat

"It is a positive sign that no political power supported or encouraged these riots, but that they were completely condemned from all political powers in both the south and the north." -- Abdul-Wahab Al-Afandi, Al-Quds Al-Arabi