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e recalls how protesters stood firm in the face of water cannon, bullets and tear gas. The protests, which marked the explosion of the Arab Spring in Egypt followed mass protests in Tunisia which had culminated in the flight of Tunisian President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali from the country on January 14. Egypt’s protests continued for 18 days until Hosni Mubarak – in power for 30 years – also succumbed to popular demand and stepped down on February 11. I was working in the newsroom at Al-Hiwar TV in London when the events in Tunisia started in late 2010. We were following the developments there but nobody had expectations of a revolution, the thought of [Tunisia’s President] Ben Ali leaving never crossed our minds. The protests were dismissed as mild disturbances, clashes happening in this neighbourhood or that.

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