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"African issues are not less important than the Palestinian issue for which we cannot see a [foreseeable] solution. -- Abbas El-Tarabili , Al-Wafd

"Since the 1950s Egypt has considered itself an African state, however, its heart and mind is preoccupied with the Arab world." -- Mohamed Qadri Said , Nahdet Masr

"The Copts use the Coptic language in churches and homes and they are eager to learn it." -- Al-Dostour

"From the beginning Hamas suggested it was different from and superior to the stupidity of Palestinian freedom movements." -- Mashari Al-Zaydi, Asharq Al-Awsat

"Iran defends its position as an oppressed state which, by seeking nuclear and relevant technologies, is merely regaining its rights." -- Elias Harfoush , Al-Hayat

"The only possible outcome of further escalation [in Lebanon] would be civil war, even if some have the delusion that they can use big slogans to conceal a sectarian nature." -- Walid Choucair , Al-Hayat