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Protesters rally against ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak outside the Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital on Wednesday, after Mubarak was admitted to the intensive care unit. Egypt's press have hailed the dissolution of the former ruling National Democratic Party, long a symbol of corruption, but activists say the "real work" to build democracy still lies ahead. (AFP/File/-)

A man walks past electoral banners for Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) showing Egypt's President and head of the ruling NDP Hosni Mubarak (R), his son and NDP deputy head Gamal Mubarak (L) and NDP politician and candidate Ayman Salah Mekled (C) in Cairo in this November 22, 2010 file photo. An Egyptian court on April 16, 2011 ordered the dissolution of the political party of former President Hosni Mubarak, one of the demands of the protesters who ended his 30-year rule. The Higher Administrative Court in Cairo also ordered the liquidation of the assets of the NDP, with the funds to be returned to the state. The poster reads: "The leadership and the future". REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Files

In this Feb. 8, 2011 file photo, Egyptian Wael Ghonim, center, a 30-year-old Google Inc. marketing manager who was a key organizer of the online campaign that sparked the first protest on Jan. 25, talks to the crowd in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. The Google Inc. executive who helped spark the Egyptian revolt is inviting Americans to visit Egypt and urging the world to invest there. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)

Protesters hold a sign with a cartoon, depicting ousted President Hosni Mubarak as a detainee in prison, in Tahrir square in Cairo, April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Egyptian Coptic Christians hold a cross high during a protest in Cairo's Tahrir square on February 2011. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged a broad role for religious minorities and women in a changing Middle East, warning that a wave of democratic uprisings could be "hijacked". (AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)

Protesters pray on top of cement structures, built as part of the reconstruction of Tahrir square, during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Egyptian protesters hold the friday prayers in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2011. Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered deposed President Hosni Mubarak to be moved from a hospital at a Red Sea resort to a military hospital for questioning about the deaths of protesters and allegations of corruption and abuse of power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Protesters take part in a demonstration demanding for the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Sqaure in Cairo April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Egyptians chant slogans as they protest in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2011. Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered deposed President Hosni Mubarak to be moved from a hospital at a Red Sea resort to a military hospital for questioning about the deaths of protesters and allegations of corruption and abuse of power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Protesters burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration demanding for the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square in Cairo April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Egyptian protesters burn the Israeli flag as they demonstrate in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2011. Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered deposed President Hosni Mubarak to be moved from a hospital at a Red Sea resort to a military hospital for questioning about the deaths of protesters and allegations of corruption and abuse of power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A suspected thief, center, is mobbed by protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, after they discovered the man wearing Islamic garb and a face veil, Friday, April 15, 2011. Military officials say the man was beaten by the mob before Egyptian army soldiers escorted him away. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian army soldiers escort a suspected thief, center, WHO was mobbed by protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, after they discovered the man wearing Islamic garb and a face veil, Friday, April 15, 2011. Military officials say the man was beaten by the mob before Egyptian army soldiers escorted him away. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Protesters arrest an intruder dressed as a woman, whom army soldiers said is a suspected spy, during a demonstration demanding for the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square in Cairo April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Egypt's state prosecutor decided to move ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak, seen here in 2010, to a military hospital, then to prison when his health improves, in a probe over a deadly crackdown on protesters that could send him to the gallows. (AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)

Protesters burn an Israeli flag, while demanding for the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak, in Tahrir Square in Cairo April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Protesters wave Egyptian flags in Tahrir Square, while demanding for the prosecution of Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

A protester painted with the colours of the Egyptian flag chants anti-Mubarak slogans in Tahrir Square in Cairo April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Egyptian civilians help the the military remove a destroyed truck as they reopen Tahrir Square in Cairo on April 12. Egypt's military rulers, who have drawn fire from youth groups for a crackdown on protests, said on Thursday they were reviewing the cases of protesters recently sentenced in military trials. (AFP/Flle/Khaled Desouki)

People hold Egypt's flag outside Sharm el-Sheikh hospital where former president Hosni Mubarak was admitted after he reportedly suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors, on April 13. Mubarak, in detention pending a probe into state violence against protesters, is reported to be in "stable" condition after suffering a heart attack. (AFP/Fil

Libyan protesters chant anti-Gaddafi slogans during a protest in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon visits, April 14, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Libyan anti-Gadhafi protesters chant slogans as they demonstrate in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 14, 2011.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a Cairo meeting of regional and international organizations on Libya and set three targets: reaching and implementing a cease-fire, delivering humanitarian aid and starting a dialogue on Libya's future.. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A Libyan pro-Gadhafi protester is held back by Egyptian army officers as he argues with anti-Gadhafi protesters, not seen, as both sides demonstrate in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 14, 2011. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a Cairo meeting of regional and international organizations on Libya and set three targets: reaching and implementing a cease-fire, delivering humanitarian aid and starting a dialogue on Libya's future. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A Libyan anti-Gadhafi protester attends a demonstration in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 14, 2011. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a Cairo meeting of regional and international organizations on Libya and set three targets: reaching and implementing a cease-fire, delivering humanitarian aid and starting a dialogue on Libya's future. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A Libyan protester holds a poster of Moammar Gadhafi as she attends a pro-Gadhafi demonstration in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 14, 2011. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a Cairo meeting of regional and international organizations on Libya and set three targets: reaching and implementing a cease-fire, delivering humanitarian aid and starting a dialogue on Libya's future. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Arab Revolution of 2011