Bottom Lines
"Who exactly owns this company that killed so many people? Is he a high-ranking official as some have suggested?" -- Magdi El-Gallad , Al-Masri Al-Youm
"A ferry that carries the Panamanian flag of convenience to hide its deteriorating condition and an Egyptian government that tolerates the fiasco... the end result is the tragic death of hundreds of Egyptians who sweat blood to make a living." -- Ahmed Ragab , Al-Akhbar
"If rendered void of ethics and basic values and if used to hurt the feelings and undermine the creed of others, then the freedom of expression becomes a misused banner." -- Hassan Abu Taleb , Al-Ahram
"By shunning Arafat, the US administration and the Israeli government brought about the political rise of Hamas, a movement that grew out of the humiliation and desperation of a new generation of Palestinians." -- Ghida Fakhri , Asharq Al-Awsat
"Now Abbas finds himself caught between two crises: his Fatah Party crisis, due to its defeat, and the Hamas crisis, due to its ringing victory. Between the two movements, and the two crises, stands Abbas." -- Ghassan Charbel , Al-Hayat
Caption: Making his first appearance in Egypt's largest selling daily Al-Ahram, renowned painter and cartoonist Helmi El-Touni suggests that when Egyptian police investigating a crime are stymied, they magically produce a mentally unstable individual as the culprit. The same thing happened concerning the sinking of the Egyptian ferry. 'Mentally deranged reveals the mystery of the crisis. The passengers bore a hole in the ship and sank with it to embarrass the authorities and businessmen'
The Freedom of expression has been abused. By Habib Haddad in the Saudi-funded daily Al-HayatC a p t i o n 2: Making his first appearance in Egypt's largest selling daily Al-Ahram, renowned painter and cartoonist Helmi El-Touni suggests that when Egyptian police investigating a crime are stymied, they magically produce a mentally unstable individual as the culprit. The same thing happened concerning the sinking of the Egyptian ferry. 'Mentally deranged reveals the mystery of the crisis. The passengers bore a hole in the ship and sank with it to embarrass the authorities and businessmen'
The Freedom of expression has been abused. By Habib Haddad in the Saudi-funded daily Al-Hayat
Al-Ahram Weekly Online : Located at: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/781/pr3.htm