I'm sorry. I was wrong. We are all Egyptian now. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir_Square

This Blog, TahrirSquare-Anemophilos, is my space for speaking on things that I find inspirational and amazing. Like TED.com. Tell me that the world could change like lightning fires across a dry prairie before this year began and I could say to you 10 reasons why it couldn't happen in the middle east(ern region, including in my mind both turkey and greece,the baltics, n.africa and all of the mediteranian). I'm sorry. I was wrong.

Thank you people of Egypt for your strengh, bravery, and willingness to believe in yourselves and see the power you truly hold. You have taught me to look for the same in myself and my community.

I've been hating on Twitter for almost a decade. Yesterday I opened my first account. @Anemphilos. Holy power of a 5 bln mobile phone (and their owners) SMS driven unstoppable social-network. Love how an educated, connected public can can change the world. We are all Egyptian now.

Oh, and now that we're rolling, lets get Captain Planet a refresh and bring him out for a second act. I think this time we might be ready...

Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak.[4] Over 50,000 protesters first occupied the square on 25 January, during which the area's wireless services were reported to be impaired.[5] In the following days Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests in Cairo.[6] On 29 January Egyptian fighter aircraft flew low over the people gathered in the square. On 30 January, the seventh day of the protests, BBC correspondents reported that the number of demonstrators had grown to at least 100,000,[7] and on 31 January Al Jazeera correspondents reported that the demonstrations had grown to at least 250,000 people.[8] On 1 February, Al Jazeera reported that more than 1 million protesters peacefully gathered in the square and adjacent streets.[9]


Tahrir Square filled with citizens during 'Friday of Departure' demonstration, 3 February 2011.
The square became established as a focal point and a symbol for the ongoing Egyptian democracy demonstrations. On the night of 2 February, violence between the pro-Mubarak and pro-democracy demonstrators erupted in the square and its approaches, with pavements being broken up for use as projectiles. Within a week, due to international media coverage, the image and name of Tahrir Square became known worldwide.[10]
A Facebook page by the name tahrir square ميدان التحرير was maintained by a rotating staff of 20 at one point during the uprising, particularly to offset the lack of, or distorted, coverage of the events in state-run media.[11][12]
One by one the protesters withstood each weapon in the arsenal of the Egyptian autocracy — first the heavily armed riot police, then a ruling party militia and finally the state’s powerful propaganda machine.
The 18-day-old revolt led by the young people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on Friday 11 February 2011, shattering three decades of political stasis and overturning the established order of the Arab world. Tahrir Square erupted in a massive celebration when Hosni Mubarak officially stepped down from office. Shouts of "God is great" erupted from Tahrir Square at twilight as Mr. Mubarak’s vice president and longtime intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, announced that Mr. Mubarak had passed all authority to a council of military leaders.[13]