Egypt Revolution Anniversary Photos: Images From Tahrir Square Now And Then

Exactly one year ago on January 25, 2011, thousands headed to Cairo's Tahrir Square. Inspired by recent events in Tunisia, demonstrators protested against poverty, corruption and authoritarian rule of the regime of president Hosni Mubarak. As demonstrations spread throughout the country, Egyptians from all walks of life camped out in the capital and defied a brutal crackdown. Egypt's revolution eventually forced the resignation of the country's longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. On February 11, 2011, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that the president would step down.

Take a look back at the start of Egypt's historic revolution with photos from Tahrir Square on January 25, 2011, then see photos from today's demonstrations a year later.

THEN: January 25, 2011

NOW: January 25, 2012

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[Tigereye42]

12:28 PM on 01/25/2012

Now that the Muslim Brotherhood Organization (MBO) controls over 70 percent of the seats in the Parliament, does it mean that the Organization has come of age and that it is ready to conform to the rules of democratic government? I hope so, but I am skeptical. The MBO in Egypt has a long history of violence directed to topple totalitarian governments and replacing them with another version of totalitarian-theocratic regime based on the Shari'a law. The assassination of ex-president Sadat and the several attempts on the life of ex-president Mubarak are too recent to forget. The MBO also is responsible for the assassination of free thinkers (Faraj Fouda) and attempts to assassinate the Egyptian Nobel literary laurels Najib Mahfouz. I believe that the immediate political scene in Egypt will continue to be characterized by social instability and even violence. It is not in view of risks of friction between the Coptic Christian minority and Muslims, or because of friction with the secular minority, but because of feud between the two political power sharing forces: "The Freedom and Justice Party" (the Muslim Brotherhood Organization) and "The Nour Party", which is the salafist/fundamentalist version of the Muslim brotherhood organization.