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Amr Moussa, head of Egypt’s constitutional drafting committee (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Members of Egypt’s constitution committee meet at the Shura Council for the final vote on a draft Egyptian constitution in Cairo. (Reuters)
Egypt: Constitution committee reaches agreement on preamble, civil state
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following prolonged discussions lasting into the early hours of Thursday morning, Egypt’s 50-member constitution committee was able to reach an agreement on the text of the constitution’s preamble and several controversial articles. Committee...Caption:
Members of Egypt’s constitution committee meet at the Shura Council for the final vote on a draft Egyptian constitution in Cairo. (Reuters)
Egypt: Final vote on constitution to begin Wednesday
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The 50-member committee drafting Egypt’s constitution has denied that a final draft of the constitution is ready, in addition to rejecting claims that the Salafist Al-Nour Party representatives had walked out of deliberations over Article...Caption:
A protestor holds the Koran and a cross as hundreds of Egyptians from different political opposition parties and different religions march towards St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasya.(AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
Egypt: Church threatens to reject constitution
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Coptic Church has threatened to reject Egypt’s new draft constitution over the terminology used to describe Christians and Jews, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. A member of the 50-member constitution drafting committee, speaking to Asharq...Caption:
Amr Moussa (L), chairman of the committee to amend the country’s constitution speaks at a news conference, next to media spokesperson Mohamed Salmawy, at the Shura Council in Cairo on September 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)