Why Did Egypt Revolt? Has there been Progress?

On Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 a powerful revolution started in Egypt. Egyptian citizens were fed up with the way that they had to live. Their president was forced many unfair things onto them and sparked a large group of people to rebel against him. Their president Hosni Mubarak was guilty of electoral fraud, and political censorship. Aside from the things that he did wrong, he neglected to do anything about police brutality, high unemployment, food price inflation and low minimum wages. Essentially he made it hard for his people to live. Almost 9 months into the revolution, Egyptian citizens have made spectacular progress. They have successfully removed Hosni Mubarak out of office, and they have mended some of the broken alliances or friendships with other countries. In September, an Egyptian Ambassador celebrated the handing over of two documents of mutual recognition of certificates between the Maritime Authorities of Liberia and Egypt and the signing of two Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) for the strengthening of relations between Muslim institution in Liberia and Egypt. This was huge for Egypt because they were able to reconnect with a long time ally in the midst of their revolution. OPINION: I think that it is great that Egypt is revolting. They defininately fighting for what is right and wont settle for anything less. This revolution personally inspired me to know that i have a voice in my community and that anyone can make a difference.

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