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The 2009 Arab Human Development Report. By Amgad Rasmi in the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat

"We have much more important issues [than the niqab ] that need our attention." -- Al-Ahram

"We should have respected sheikh of Al-Azhar's decision as the right one, coming as it does from the head of the most prestigious religious institution in Egypt and the world." -- Refaat Fayyad, Akhbar Al-Yom

"Giving Obama the Nobel prize at this stage is like giving an A to a student at the beginning of the school year." -- Suleiman Gouda, Al-Masry Al-Yom

"When Mitchell called on all parties to abide by their commitments to peace, it meant that he was avoiding naming the party that is not abiding, which is Israel." -- Ghazi Al-Dada, Tishreen

"It is a repeated scenario. Whenever there is a breakthrough in the negotiations between Fatah and Hamas, they find pretexts to postpone reconciliation." -- Ali Ibrahim, Asharq Al-Awsat