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'What's this silly programme on TV? Get us the Iranian nuclear programme. I want to see what happened.' The Egyptian weekly magazine Sabah Al-Kheir In Al-Qabbas of Kuwait, Abdul-Wahab Al-Awadi depicts the Arab citizen as nothing but a bunch of question marks and exclamation points

"What the Wafd needs is a new spirit that can turn this party into a living body that is capable of being the nucleus of liberal transformation in Egypt." -- Hassan Nafaa, Al-Masry Al-Youm

"They failed to catch the momentum of the political mood on the street... allowing the Muslim Brotherhood to make gains at the expense of these legitimate parties... and may be even at the expense of Egypt's democratic future." -- Makram Mohamed Ahmed, Akhbar Al-Youm

"When Cheney condemns Syria and its president before the investigation is completed, it means that the US does not want to punish the killers of Rafik Al-Hariri but rather wants to punish Syria." -- Jihad Al-Khazen, Al-Hayat

"The consequences that followed the assassination of Al-Hariri and which unfolded throughout last year are enough to persuade the Lebanese that they have no other way out of this crisis except through the culture of dialogue." -- Al-Rai