Another protester, Karim Medhat Ennarah, said with tears in his eyes: For 18 days we have withstood teargas, rubber bullets, live ammunition, Molotov cocktails, thugs on horseback, the scepticism and fear of our loved ones, and the worst sort of ambivalence from an international community that claims to care about democracy.
But we held our ground. We did it.
There were similar celebrations from Alexandria to Suez, among protesters who were often too young to have known any other leader than Mubarak.
While the demonstrators were giving little immediate thought to what military rule might mean, some of the protest organisers said the success of the street turnouts meant that any future administration would be held to account.
For now, Egypt will be governed by a military council led by the defence minister, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who is not a known reformer.
But the military council said it would not act as a substitute for a legitimate government. A spokesman said on TV that the armed forces would be announcing steps and arrangements to introduce the changes Egyptians wanted. He also praised Mubarak for his contribution to the country.
Mohamed ElBaradei, who on Thursday called for a military takeover, described the change as the liberation of the Egyptian people. We have a lot of daunting tasks ahead of us. Our priority to make sure the country is restored; socially cohesive, economically vibrant, politically democratic, he said. My message to the Egyptian people is, you have gained your liberty, the right to catch up with the rest of the world. Make the best use of it.
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