There are many countries throughout the world who do not share in the same democratic freedoms as the United States.  For multiple decades, the people of Egypt had experienced tyranny under the rule of President Hosni Mubarak.  In 2011, Egyptians took the path of so many others in history and countered tyranny with revolution.

On this day, January 25th, in 2011, Egyptian civilians staged a revolution to overthrow Mubarak.  While revolution is not new to history, Egypt did so with the help of the microblogging service Twitter, which was a revolutionary first.  Public unrest first began when pictures of a brutal murder, at the hands of Egyptian police, surfaced on the internet.  As a result, online activists began to declare January 25th as a day of revolt in Cairo and other cities.  As the events of January 25th began to unfold, activists continued to use Twitter as a means of coordinating movement.  The Egyptian government would subsequently block twitter and mobile internet for the remainder of the protests.

Revolting Egyptians would continue their efforts until Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president on February 11th.  Upon hearing of Mubarak’s resignation, thousands of Twitter users started using the #25 hashtag to support Egypt’s victory. 300 protestors lost their lives during the events as a result of tear gas and rubber bullets that were excessively used by police.