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Even the lantern, one of the symbols of the fasting month of Ramadan, is not exempted from the wary electric bill collector. 'No I'm not finished yet ma'am. Can I check the lantern metre?' Mustafa Hussein in Egypt's daily Al-Akhbar ; The armed operations carried out by Islamic Jihad and the 'wipe Israel off the map' remark by the Iranian president help make Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon look like an angel. By Amgad Rasmi in Asharq Al-Awsat of Saudi Arabia

"Positive participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections is the path towards controlling the ruling party and persuading the political regime that oppression has its limits." -- Hassan Hanafi, Al-Arabi

"The regime in Egypt has the following disease: no matter how much corruption, oppression and torture it undertakes, it cannot imagine that it is shakable." -- Wael El-Ibrashi, Sawt Al-Umma

"A [ruling National Democratic Party] NDP candidate raised the slogan 'The Quran is the solution' to confront the 'Islam is the solution' [raised by the Muslim Brotherhood] slogan. And the auction continues." -- Karam Gabr, Rose El-Youssef

"It seems that Arabs have fallen into a deep coma or had suffered a heart attack." -- Al-Thawra

"Had Israel paid millions, it would not have achieved what it got out of the statements of the Iranian president... Israel is an aggressive and brutal state but it is also a very lucky state due to the free-of-charge service it gets from its enemies." -- Ahmed Al-Robai, Asharq Al-Awsat