In January 2011, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up against Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s oppressive rule in Tunisia. Ben Ali, who had been in power for more than two decades, was toppled a month later.  

Inspired by the Tunisians, a critical mass of Egyptians gathered at Tahrir Square in central Cairo to express their anger over the authoritarian rule of their ruler, Hosni Mubarak...

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