Saturday, February 19, 2011

Egypt celebrates the Day of Victory "

Cairo .- Hundreds of Egyptians are taking the early hours of Friday Tahrir Square in Cairo to celebrate "Victory Day", a week after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. In a festive ambiance in which red, white and black Egyptian flag are visible not only in education but also in headbands in veils, clothing or stickers, families have come to complete the celebration.

"Now everyone has freedom," insists Abdel Hamid. The organizers, the same who organized the protests that began on January 25 that led to the resignation of Mubarak on Friday February 11, expect a massive turnout. At various points of the square you can also see many photos of some of the more than 350 people who died during the protests and that participants describe as "martyrs of the revolution." From midnight, coinciding with the start of the curfew, the army returned to block access to Tahrir Square (Liberation in Arabic), as in the days of the protest.

Before entering the premises must pass through several security checks improvised by the organizers, in which to display the required license and register individuals and their belongings. Also, have formed rings of people to make holes in which the faithful who wish to participate in the Friday noon prayer, the most important of the week.

It is expected that the prayer is led by the influential Qatar-based Egyptian sheik, Yusef al Qardawi. President Hosni Mubarak on June 11 he resigned his post after 30 years in power and gave the authority the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, after 18 days of protests in several cities.

During these days, Tahrir Square became the symbol of the resistance of the demonstrators. It is envisaged that the prayer of noon today, the most important of the week for Muslims, participate Sheikh Yusuf al Qardawi, close to the movement of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt during the protests that forced the collapse of Mubarak, was always sided with the demonstrators.

The organizers of the march today, the same groups who called the protests that began on January 25, expected to convene a million people to celebrate the fall of President and insist on their demands for democratic reforms and economic and social improvements. Since yesterday afternoon, the atmosphere in the square and nearby, was a holiday and you could see numerous posts where they were selling flags and banners that praised what the Egyptians did not hesitate to call a revolution.

President Mubarak resigned on June 11 in charge, after 30 years in power and gave the authority the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, after 18 days of protests in several cities against the regime that killed 365 people . During these days the Tahrir Square (Liberation in Arabic) became the symbol of the resistance of the demonstrators.

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