Egypt: Why 25 January will be a date enshrined in the country's history

On the day the people decided to sever their final links with the days of the pharoahs, the rebirth of a nation began

• Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara
• guardian.co.uk
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Despite a technology blackout, the voice of protest was heard worldwide.


25 January is a date that will be forever remembered in Egypt. That was the day when the Egyptian people decided to end the country's last pharaonic dynasty with a people's revolution. Egyptians, it seems, were ashamed that Tunisians did it first and were determined to have their revolution too. Young Egyptians joined the "Khaled Saeed" Facebook group to launch the call for an uprising against tyranny, oppression, torture, corruption and injustice. The group was named after a young Egyptian man beaten to death by police.

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