Introduction

The overthrow of President Husni Mubarak in 2011 seemed at the outset to have no chance of success in light of the oppression of the Egyptian population at the hands of their various governments since 1952. Similarly, not long after Mubarak’s fall, the masses influenced the army to bring down the government of the Muslim Brotherhood headed by Muhammad Mursi – another regime not to their liking. In both these instances, the Egyptian public coming out en masse demonstrated their power to overcome oppressive regimes.