Egypt, the most populous country in the arab world, bursted in group protests in January 2011 as the revolution in tunisia seemed to increase hardship against the rule of president Hosni Mubarak. After 18 days of inflamed protest, Mubarak finally decided to renounce his president title after 30 years of absolute rule. When announced, it caused great exitement and celebration while protesters shouted "Egypt is free!".It was a great triumph for the egyptian population after three weeks of wait, because Mr. Mubarak would not consider reelection and refused to "step down".His government appeared to be trying to endure the protesters by offering reform plans that consisted of slight adjustments. But after resisting to armed goverment supporters, the protesters managed to keep the movement going.The military then signaled that they would have to interfere to "protect the nation".Resulting in more than 300 people killed . Despite the governement threaths to use use force and the proceeding dangers, the people of egypt showed us that when people unite ,changes do happen.
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