"Neither monetary policy nor the financial system will be well served if our central bank is deprived from interest in and influence over - the structure and performance of the financial system."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

"Instead,they will get the traditional IMF lending , which comes with very austere conditions in terms of cutting budgets, in terms of raising interest rates, which is exactly the opposite of what they need to be doing at the current time."

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

"That is why I am talking publicly, clearly,frankly that this resolution taken by the press syndicate in the early 80s should now be revised, to be re-thought for the interest of Egypt, for the interest of the peace, for the interest of the future of the young generations, of the coming generations,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.08