Artistic reconstruction of a Cairo square at night — symbolic.
Egypt Today · Since 2011
The journey has reached our own time. Many Egyptians lived these events themselves, and each has their own memory and opinion. So in this chapter we tell what the sources establish, present differing views attributed to those who hold them, and leave the judgement to you.
The events of this chapter are presented as documented by reference works, news reports, and official and human rights reports, with disagreements flagged where these sources differ.
Editorial status: Published — Editorial draft built from the cited sources, awaiting specialist review. The events of this chapter are recent and their interpretation is contested, so differing figures and names are shown attributed to their sources. (Last reviewed: 2026-11-15)