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We turn our eyes today, once again to Tahrir Square. Frustrated activists plan to stage another mass protest to accelerate the pace of government reform.

News of the resignation of Egypt’s thirty-year ruler Hosni Mubarak sent waves of excitement through the Chicago area’s Muslim community as they went to afternoon prayer services Friday.

Eman Hassaballa Aly, an Egyptian-American, grew up in Chicago but has many family members in Egypt, including her cousin, Noura Hassaballa. Eman has been following the events during the past few weeks by translating tweets for the website Alive in Egypt. She joins us in studio.

Egyptian-Americans in Chicago are shocked by the announcement Thursday that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak intends to finish out the rest of his term.