Egypt’s constitutional committee chairman Amr Mussa (C) gestures as he sits alongside other officials under a poster to promote a new draft constitution wish a slogan reading in Arabic, “All Egyptians Constitution” , in Cairo on December 15, 2013. An Egyptian official has resigned amid controversy over the poster to promote a new draft constitution that featured images of non-Egyptians and misspelled “Egyptians” in Arabic, state media. Amgad Abdel Ghaffar, head of the State Information Service, the government’s media arm, had already apologised for the poster, which featured Caucasian-looking images under the caption: “All Egyptians Constitution.” AFP PHOTO/HOSAN FADL
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