Feb 01, 2011, 08:12 PM
I'm not an expert, but I think what happened is that a ton Egyptians have always been opposed to Mubarak, and have wanted to do something about it. Then they saw what happened in Tunisia, where the president had to flee because of mass protests, and they were like, HEY WE SHOULD DO THAT TOO. So now they're protesting to get him out of there (and successfully it seems).