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After 32 years in power, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak fell in February 2011. A surge of disenchantment and thirst for freedom lead a young generation, via social networking and sheer will, to topple the totalitarian regime in a mere 18 days. The reverberations of Mubarak's fall of dictatorial rule in the guise of Arab Nationalism was felt throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Other nations followed, but Egypt, the Arab world's most populous and influential nation, is where the transition to democracy will be most closely watched.

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The reverberations of this fall of dictatorial rule in the guise of Arab Nationalism was felt throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Syria have fallen or are in the process of massive political shifts. But Egypt, the Arab world's most populous and influential nation, is where democracy will truly be put to the test. Massive fighting broke out in the main squares of central Cairo, including Tharir which became the epicenter of medieval battles between pro and anti-Mubarak protesters.