Why do egyptians want hosni mubarak out

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That unifying thread ran through the different groups of Egyptian society, and that made January 25 possible. People had tried to protest before, to organise demonstrations or labour movements. But January 25 was pivotal in that everyone held their breath, waiting to see if something would come from it — if this would be the time that people succeed.

Before, we knew there was corruption, torture and injustice. We whispered it among each other but it was underground. Khaled Saeed [a year-old man beaten to death by police] changed all that. Youth in international interchange programmes saw how different countries had developed. Everyone understood there were problems, that there were no freedoms, but people could not articulate it.

Now you had a generation of well-travelled, well-read youth, with technology at their fingertips, who were suddenly able to put into words what people had spent their lives feeling. They had a framework to reference, debate — and dream. It was obvious that something was changing in the Egyptian psyche.

The meaning of protests had changed as people moved away from shouting riots. The style of protests changed. Protesters would dress in black, form a human chain quietly, and stand apart in silence in a prominent place.