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"Bare with me on the rising prices. I'll come back from Marina in three months." By Sahar in the weekly Al-Ahaly

"The Christians' problems are those of the whole society. When the state is absent, there is no law, and law is replaced by sectarian feeling. When the state differentiates between people, for example in employment, then the unity of society is damaged, and the idea of the 'Crescent and the Cross' disappears even from the history books." -- Ali El-Sayed , Al-Masry Al-Yom

"Those responsible from the Mawas Monastery in Minya should be sanctioned on the grounds that they have damaged national unity and threatened the security of the country." -- Alaa Oraibi , Al-Wafd

"The water crisis in Egypt has not appeared suddenly. However, as usual no plan has been drawn up in advance to deal with it." -- Abdel-Fattah Ibrahim , Al-Ahram

"Cheers for the July Revolution on its anniversary and cheers for its leader, Nasser, and cheers for all those who defend people's right to a free and dignified life." -- Emadeddin Hussein, Al-Shorouk

"On the issue of the niqab, the reaction of the British elite to the proposed bill reflects their energy and self confidence and their capacity to lead society." -- Ali Ibrahim , Asharq Al-Awsat

"Why are we trying to force European countries to respect our culture, when some of us refuse their culture and break their laws when guests in their lands?"

Jamil Elthiabi ,

Al-Hayat