We went to Tahrir Square with family and friends on 1 February and met lots of friends and old acquaintances there. We all enjoyed the mood. It gave us courage to believe that the revolution would be victorious in the end.

This is my personal report of how I experienced the revolution in Egypt. I wrote the first part of the text during the revolution, days before the president’s resignation. It is dated 7 February 2011:

The Israeli embassy in Cairo was in flames on 8 September. Furious demonstrators had broken down the protective wall surrounding the building and had set fire. The Israeli ambassador left the country as a precaution.