As many as 1 million people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square and across Egypt on May 27 for a βFriday of Angerβ. The huge march showed the revolution that ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak in February has reached a new stage.
The demonstrations were called by left organisations in defiance of Egypt's military rulers β as well as the Muslim Brotherhood and liberal groups that were part of the mass protests against Mubarak in February.
Mostafa Omar
One of the US governmentΒs most important allies in the Middle East was shaken in early April by strikes and demonstrations over rising food prices.