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JERSEY CITY, N.J., FEB. 11, 2011 — Egyptians demonstrate in Journal Square after President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
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Demonstrators danced and chanted in celebration.
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Aboud Ali,14, waves the Egyptian flag.
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Sohaib Akl, 4, joins the demonstration wrapped in the Egyptian flag.
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Troy Reid, who works for Liberty Tax Service, is swept up by the crowd of Egyptians celebrating their “freedom.”
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Eman Ali, left, and Sekina Eissa join the demonstration.
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The crowd spills onto the street of Journal Square.
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Ahmed Hussein celebrates in Journal Square.
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Emil Sarofidem, a supporter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned today, argues with the anti-Mubarak crowd about the change in leadership in Egypt.
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Emil Sarofidem, a supporter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, gets into a scuffle with anti-Mubarak demonstrators in the middle of the street.
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Jersey City police pacify Emil Sarofidem, a supporter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, after getting into a scuffle with anti-Mubarak demonstrators.
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Ahmed Shedeed, director of The Islamic Center of Jersey City, center, leads Egyptians in a demonstration.
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Omar Aly demonstrates in Journal Square.
Read the story: Jersey City Egyptians mostly gleeful at rally, but 1 dissenter fears swing to Islamic control
Related story: Egypt President Mubarak resigns, hands control to military
These photos won first place in the New Jersey Press Photographers Association’s February 2011 Clip Contest for SpotNews/General News:
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