“Down with dictators! Down with corruption!” On January 25, 2011, Tahrir Square in Cairo was a scene of massive protests as Egyptians took to the streets to demand the resignation of longstanding President Hosni Mubarak. It was a time of fury.
The people of Egypt had become increasingly disgruntled as government corruption, political repression and autocracy slowly but surely became the hallmarks of Mubarak’s 30-year reign. A deathly elixir of poverty, high living costs, poor economic prospects and growing unemployment led to a toxic brew of anger that was to spill across the streets and squares of Egypt.
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