Editing Cairo (section)

====2011 Egyptian revolution====
{{Main|2011 Egyptian revolution}}
[[File:The lion of Egyptian revolution (Qasr al-Nil Bridge)-edit2.jpg|thumb|upright|A protester holding an Egyptian flag during the [[2011 Egyptian revolution|protests]] that started on 25 January 2011]]

Cairo's [[Tahrir Square]] was the focal point of the [[2011 Egyptian revolution]] against former president [[Hosni Mubarak]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 January 2011 |title=Egypt protests: Anti-Mubarak demonstrators arrested |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12289475 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126195024/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12289475 |archive-date=26 January 2011 |access-date=26 January 2011 |work=BBC News}}</ref> More than 50,000 protesters first occupied the square on 25 January, during which the area's wireless services were reported to be impaired.<ref name="Egyptians report poor communication services on Day of Anger">{{cite web |url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/egyptians-report-poor-communication-services-day-anger-1 |title=Egyptians report poor communication services on Day of Anger |publisher=[[Almasry Alyoum]] |date=25 January 2011 |access-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130064424/http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/egyptians-report-poor-communication-services-day-anger-1 |archive-date=30 January 2011}}</ref> In the following days Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests in Cairo.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12312330 |title=Egypt protests: curfew defied in Cairo and other cities |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129055957/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12312330 |archive-date=29 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil disobedience, and labour strikes. Millions of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6,000 injured. The uprising took place in Cairo, Alexandria, and in other cities in Egypt, following the [[Tunisian revolution]] that resulted in the overthrow of the long-time [[President of Tunisia|Tunisian president]] [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/14/tunisian-president-flees-country-protests |website=The Guardian |title=Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced to flee Tunisia as protesters claim victory |last1=Chrisafis |first1=Angelique |date=15 January 2011 |access-date=23 April 2018 |last2=Black |first2=Ian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053940/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/14/tunisian-president-flees-country-protests |archive-date=15 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 February, following weeks of determined popular protest and pressure, Hosni Mubarak resigned from office.