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Egypt Celebrates Mubarak’s Resignation, Military Imposes Martial Law

HeadlineFeb 14, 2011

The Egyptian military has imposed martial law and suspended the constitution following Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation on Friday after nearly three decades in power. Millions of Egyptians erupted in joy after learning the Mubarak regime had fallen, following 18 days of street protests led by the Egyptian youth and recently fueled by the labor movement.

bq.Mohammad Jamal: “It’s not only today — the celebration has been going on for almost 19 days now — that people are celebrating the love for the country and wanting to change and wanting to become a better country, wanting to be looked as — to be looked to from the rest of the world as a respected place. We are young people, and we can make a change. And this is what we proved in this place, in Tahrir Square.”

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