Yes, February 11, 2011 is the day Mubarak stepped down. Need I say more? It's unbelievable, I know. That's why I had to check this website to know if Mubarak is still president of Egypt. And the answer is a clear 'No!'. Yes, we did it. Our revolution has been spontaneous, nonviolent, young, cheerful, humorous, beautiful, hopeful. It has been a wonderful revolution.
Mubarak's resignation was announced by his vicepresident, Omar Suleiman, in a very brief statement in which he said the President quit and transferred his powers to the military. The military issued their third communique in which they affirmed that they will abide by the revolutionary legitimacy and only serve to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power, and saluted the fallen martyrs of the revolution.
The last 24 hours have been extremely tense, with people waiting for Mubarak's resignation only to get a disappointing speech by Mubarak followed by justified outrage and an intent to escalate and march to the presidential palace and to other vital buildings, including the State TV and Radio building. The Boston Globe's Big Picture documented photographically those hard moments. I was sure this moment was coming. I didn't know when, but when I was asked yesterday if protesters will be appeased by the Mubarak statement, I knew that this was not the case and that they were growing even more determined to escalate their protests.
This is also a video depicting Egyptians celebrating the toppling of Mubarak:
Mubarak's resignation was announced by his vicepresident, Omar Suleiman, in a very brief statement in which he said the President quit and transferred his powers to the military. The military issued their third communique in which they affirmed that they will abide by the revolutionary legitimacy and only serve to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power, and saluted the fallen martyrs of the revolution.
The last 24 hours have been extremely tense, with people waiting for Mubarak's resignation only to get a disappointing speech by Mubarak followed by justified outrage and an intent to escalate and march to the presidential palace and to other vital buildings, including the State TV and Radio building. The Boston Globe's Big Picture documented photographically those hard moments. I was sure this moment was coming. I didn't know when, but when I was asked yesterday if protesters will be appeased by the Mubarak statement, I knew that this was not the case and that they were growing even more determined to escalate their protests.
This is also a video depicting Egyptians celebrating the toppling of Mubarak:
Bye Bye Mubarak from Ramy Rizkallah on Vimeo.
And here I leave you with a beautiful music video filmed during the final days of the revolution. The lyrics and music are moving, the faces are beautiful, the energy is fascinating: "In every street of my land, the voice of liberty is calling:"
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