"The majority of Egyptians are not happy with the turn of events five months after the stepping down of Hosni Mubarak. They are angry, worried and frightened." -- Yasser Abdel-Aziz, Al-Masry Al-Youm "During the last few months, there was not a single positive development that equalled the Egyptian revolution which inspired the world." -- Ibrahim Mansour, Al-Tahrir "Instead of acting according to logic and according to the priorities of the revolution, the government bogged itself down in rotten bureaucracy." -- Al-Ahram "In Damascus, the regime is carrying out dialogue with its eloquent tongue, whilst it is sinking its sharp fangs into unarmed demonstrators in the rest of Syria." -- Mshari Al-Zaydi, Asharq Al-Awsat "It is no simple matter for a president to say good-bye to a third of his country, even if it is a peninsula." -- Ghassan Charbel, Al-Hayat "The language of the Yemeni president's speech was not the language of a president who wants to step down, pack his belongings, and prepare to go into exile but of a man who wants to remain in power as long as possible." -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi
