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"I am not contesting the constant need for change, as needs be, of editors and chairmen of the national press, or the need to open doors to the contribution of a younger generation of journalists, but what I am saying is that the current crisis of the press requires an alternative approach ... that might adopt the overall state-orientation towards privatisation." -- Mohamed Wagdi Qandil, Al-Akhbar

"The confrontation was between two conservatives but it was also between two social backgrounds: Rafsanjani the wealthy Iranian and Ahmadinejad the voice of the poor, and since these poor are the majority they pushed for his victory." -- Joseph Samaha, Al-Bayan

Caption: Anti-clockwise from top left: Haydar Haddad in Al-Hayat paints a gloomy picture depicting Turabi's release from detention; Amgad Rassim's take on the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat; and in Al-Dustour, Hani derides the hopes of journalists who want to eliminate laws allowing imprisonment for publishing liability; and in Al-Akhbar cartoonist Mostafa Hussein pokes fun at the public fuss over what he protrays as the insignificant Ayman Nour case

C a p t i o n 2: Anti-clockwise from top left: Haydar Haddad in Al-Hayat paints a gloomy picture depicting Turabi's release from detention; Amgad Rassim's take on the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat; and in Al-Dustour, Hani derides the hopes of journalists who want to eliminate laws allowing imprisonment for publishing liability; and in Al-Akhbar cartoonist Mostafa Hussein pokes fun at the public fuss over what he protrays as the insignificant Ayman Nour case

Al-Ahram Weekly Online : Located at: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/750/pr3.htm