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Unable to pay the TV subscription fees, the disadvantaged Arab will find it difficult to follow the World Cup. In the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat by Amgad Rasmi; 'Master, I just heard there's a crisis in confidence.' 'Then buy up all the confidence you can get your hands on and put it in storage.' By Ezzeddin in the Egyptian magazine Sabah Al-Kheir

"Ezz's supporters were not disturbed when the slogan of the country was changed from the eagle to the shoe." -- Wa'el El-Ibrashi, Sawt Al-Umma

"The government repeatedly claims it does not interfere in the affairs of judges whereas in reality, it does interfere." -- Mahmoud Mekki, Al-Masry Al-Youm

"All attempts to tarnish the image of the Judges Club or portray the judges saga as an internal affair will not succeed in harming such an old and reputable institution as the Judges Club." -- Ahmed Abdel-Hafeez, Al-Arabi

"The 1967 defeat was not at all a mere military crush. It was really a total declaration of political, economic and social failure of the Arab regimes at the time." -- Hussein Al-Ouidat, Al-Bayan

"The international game that has found many ways in the past to be part of our internal wars is now being played at a higher and more complicated level," -- Ghassan Tweini, An-Nahar

"It will be a very serious development if Hamas allows its urge to have a big share of running political life in Palestine without sufficient political and national reasoning." -- Abdelilah Belkaziz, Al-Mustaqbal