"The election inched Egypt towards its long-term target. However, the road is still long because fair elections themselves cannot achieve genuine democracy." -- Eissa Morshed, Al-Akhbar "The NDP played a unilateral election game and got more than half the cake. The other parties are competing for the crumbs. Thus, congratulations to the NDP for its victory in a game in which nobody else played." -- Ahmed El-Sawi, Al-Masry Al-Yom "Our ancestors dreamt of a state of institutions which turned into a state of security institutions in which all problems related to student unions, syndicates, elections and Copts were resolved in the Ministry of Interior." -- Moataz Billah Abdel-Fattah, Al-Shorouk "Who, out of all the politicians in the world, can from now on trust American diplomats, knowing that their national security might be at risk?" -- Tariq Al-Homayed, Asharq Al-Awsat "It seems we must expect a huge crisis in Saudi-Iranian relations in the coming days which might be disastrous for the region" -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi "The US does not have any diplomacy or principles but prejudgments that are based on ignorance and arrogance" -- Satei Noureddin, Assafir
