The catalyst for their anger was the arrest and detention of the ailing opposition leader Ayman Nour at the end of January. The government’s heavy-handed behavior reinvigorated the homegrown “Kifaya” (Enough) movement, which has demanded an end to the Mubarak regime.
民众愤怒的催化剂是一月底反对派领导人Ayman Nour在病中被逮捕并关押这一事件。政府的粗暴行为再次激起了多次国内运动，要求结束穆巴拉克的统治时代。一时之间，认为埃及人被动、怯于行动的观点似乎站不住脚了。一个地方、区域、乃至国际力量的联盟正在团结起来与尼罗河畔的一贯暴政抗衡。