The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 (Arabic: الثورة المصرية سنة 2011‎ al-Thawrah al-Miṣriyyah sanat 2011) began in Egypt on 25 January 2011, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout Egypt, following similar events in Tunisia and as part of a longer-term campaign of civil resistance. Millions of protesters from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds and religions demanded the overthrow of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, along with an end to corruption and police repression, and democratic reforms of the political system. On 11 February, Mubarak resigned from office as a result of determined popular protest.