al-Dustūr discusses the question of Egyptian national identity in an age of globalisation, where claims have been made that the era of the nation state has come to an end in the face of economic integration in shared markets. The author highlights the many overlapping layers of Egyptian identity – from pharaonic and Greek to Coptic and Islamic, and the fact that past projects to change or unify Egyptian identity under an Arab nationalist banner have failed to wipe out these nuances.