On 11 February 2011, Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak resigned, bowing to popular pressure after two weeks of protests centred on Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group, was elected to replace him but was quickly ousted in a military coup in 2013 by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then minister of defence. Sisi, who banned the Muslim Brotherhood and dissolved parliament on taking power, still rules today.
Ten years on from Mubarak’s toppling, what remains of the Egyptian revolution? Tahrir Square’s protesters chanted “bread, freedom, social justice”. Did they get any of what they asked for?
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