The youth are the ones who launched Egypt’s January 25 Revolution. Furthermore, they influenced, in one way or another, the regimes that came after the revolution, and they led the deposition of elected President Mohammed Morsi. Despite this, their turnout in the constitutional referendum held Jan. 14-15 was markedly low. This confused the state apparatus in Egypt, but was welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood, who attempted to win the youth over in their battle with the regime.
On the third anniversary of the revolution, many youth took to the streets, protesting against the current regime with the same slogans they used on Jan. 25, 2011. These slogans include: "Bread, freedom, social justice" and "The people want to overthrow the regime." They also added chants of "Down with military rule." Yet, after violent confrontations between the police and demonstrators left 62 dead, the youth decided to protest on the anniversary of Jan. 28, 2011, which was called the "Friday of Anger."
