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Iranian conservatives are blocking the steam coming out of the boiling Iranian street. Left: Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt practising his dance steps between the March 14 coalition to the rival March 8 block. By Amgad Rassim in Asharq Al-Awsat

"The current plan to improve education will conclude in 2022. Would those still alive then see students who are better educated than today's students?" -- Samir Ragab, Al-Gomhuriya

"Whenever a problem emerges, responsible bodies exchange accusations and the key issue is lost. The victim, in the end, is the poor patients who are denied access to hospitals or are burdened with the high cost of treatment if they are able to get it." -- Mohamed Imbabi, Akhbar Al-Yom

"The painful reality is that local officials do not bother to show any respect to the humanity of the people." -- Hazem Abdel-Rahman, Al-Ahram

The ball is in Fatah's court. They are the only party which can assume the responsibility of developing their movement, and the Palestinian national movement in general... Will they live up to their responsibility?" -- Mohamed Helmi Al-Ghoul, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida

"Fatah was established according to the principles of resistance and liberation. It held the first five congresses according to these principles. Thus, it should have found it monumentally embarrassing to hold the sixth congress after it gave up these principles." -- Mahmoud Al-Mubarak, Al-Hayat

"The success of Fatah's sixth congress is a success for Palestine and its failure is a failure for it." -- Hani Al-Masri, Al-Ayyam

"It is difficult to say that [the congress] will represent the movement of Fatah in shape, resistance or political content." -- Belal Al-Hassan, Asharq Al-Awsat

"The decision to flog the Sudanese journalist is wrong and should be reversed immediately, in the interest of both Sudan and Islam." -- Al-Quds Al-Arabi