January 28, 2011 (Friday of Anger)

January 28, 2011 (Friday of Anger)

A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011.

REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

The Atlantic/Alan Taylor

February 9, 2011

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"Three weeks after protests erupted in Egypt, anti-government demonstrators continue to press for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office and leave the country. The streets of Cairo, Alexandria, and smaller cities across the country have filled with Egyptian citizens from all walks of life, demonstrating against his 30-year rule. While the military has not substantially cracked down on the protests, at one stage, groups of Mubarak supporters launched attacks against the anti-government crowds, hurling stones and Molotov cocktails, and in some cases firing weapons. Deaths due to the conflict are estimated at nearly 300 now, as Mubarak remains in power and thousands of angry citizens remain in the streets of Egypt."

This one picture shows how angry the citizens of Egypt were at the time of the revolution that they were willing to risk their lives to reach what they need and their goal in any way possible.