A woman wearing a full veil queues near a hieroglyphic mural outside a polling centre as she waits to vote in Egypt

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A woman wearing a full veil (niqab) queues near a hieroglyphic mural outside a polling centre as she waits to vote during the final stage of a referendum on Egypt’s new constitution in El Dokki district of greater Giza, south of Cairo, December 22, 2012. With the economic downturn and rising food prices putting pressure on the government, moderate Muslims, Christians and others worry their new-found political freedom risks being exploited by hardline Islamists bent on imposing their values on a society that has been traditionally moderate. Picture taken December 22, 2012. To match Feature EGYPT-ISLAMISTS/ REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Files (EGYPT – Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS RELIGION)