Conflict Palestinian Muslim pilgrims stage a protest to demand that Palestinian Muslim pilgrims pray next to the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt as part of a protest calling for the opening of the Rafah border crossing to allow them to go to the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. Gaza's borders have been largely closed-off since June 2007, when the militant Hamas group took over. " photo by Fady Adwan"
