The Egypt Crisis

The Egypt crisis

The 2011 Egyptian revolution is a series of street marches, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labor strikes, and violent clashes that began in Egypt on 25 January 2011. On 11 February, Mubarak resigned from office as a result of determined popular protest. As of 29 January, at least 105 deaths had been reported, and those injured number 750 policemen and 1,500 protesters.

One of our own school report reporters, Georgette, is planning to travel to Egypt with her family at the beginning of April. We asked her a few questions about what she is feeling about travelling to Egypt.
 

"We are still planning on going to Egypt and hopefully everything will be back to normal. We feel ok about going because the airport and the hotel owner haven’t said that we shouldn’t go. We haven’t had to change our plans much."

Fireworks exploded from Tahrir Square after the announcement of President Mubarak’s resignation. What a lot of people at the moment want to know is now that Mubarak has stepped down; will it mean an end to the crisis? This crisis started because so many people did not agree with Mubarak’s policies and wanted to bring him down. The protestors may have got their wish for now, but they have warned the government that is their demands are no longer being met they will be back on the streets once again.

By Jessica year 8