"At the start of his presidency, Mubarak had declared a state of emergency, for three months. Thirty years later, when he was leaving, the measure was still in force. The mummified gimmick, which banned meetings of even five people in public, was still law when public gatherings of half a million had become part of Cairo’s daily life.
[. . .]
The Tahrir Square uprising was mainly about domestic issues, especially poverty, corruption and lack of freedom."
EPA
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt.
Curse of the mummy
How Mubarak kept Egypt embalmed against progress
Amir Taheri
New York Post
Last Updated: 10:46 PM, February 12, 2011
Posted: 10:44 PM, February 12, 2011
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