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Al-Ayam of Palestine after Iraq's stunning victory in the Asian Football Cup final

"Investments are used in building luxurious resorts and villas for a category of people whose percentage does not exceed 0.5 per cent [of the population]." -- Salama Ahmed Salama, Al-Ahram

"We should not take the issue of the freedom of the press [in Egypt] seriously, for the aims of those who write in newspapers now are not much different from the aims of those who stand on soapboxes in Hyde Park." -- Mohamed Salmawi, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"With such remarkably high scores will students be able to find suitable employment opportunities in the job market?" -- Al-Wafd

"Iraq's achievement can be likened to a fairytale since no one had expected a happy ending for the ravaged country." -- Hussein Shobokshi, Asharq Al-Awsat

"Politicians of different hues halted their activities, gathered in the green zone and watched the final match." -- Az-Zaman

"Why is the Arab role discernible in Lebanon and Palestine but non-existent in Iraq?" -- Mustafa Zein, Al-Hayat