"Egypt is heading towards democracy after being ruled by three Pharaohs since the 1952 Revolution." -- Abdel-Moeti Ahmed , Al-Ahram "Not a single candidate talked in his campaign about Sinai security, burning police stations and turning Sinai into a Salafi emirate with Arish as the capital." -- Mohamed Amin , Al-Masry Al-Youm "The new cabinet's mission is impossible because it was given three months to reform and rebuild what was spoiled in decades." -- Amani Sadiq , Akhbar Al-Youm "The Syrian regime was never, at any point in its history, honest, clear or capable of confronting its problems." -- Hussein Shobokshi , Asharq Al-Awsat "The Syrian regime's greatest fault is when new changes knocked on the doors of many Arab capitals with unprecedented force, it seemed that someone was not listening to the knocks." -- Mohamed El-Ashab , Al-Hayat "The Syrian uprising is highly unlikely to come to an end soon for the Syrian people are determined to restore their dignity and liberty while the Syrian authorities will not conceivably retreat from their bloody military and security adventure." -- Abdel-Bari Atwan , Al-Quds Al-Arabi