After two-and-a-half weeks of demonstrations demanding his ouster, President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for more than three decades, resigned his post Friday. The move was met with celebration by most Egyptians - both within their country and abroad.
Many Egyptian-Americans live in Queens area of New York City. Moments after news reached the "Little Egypt" neighborhood that President Hosni Mubarak had resigned, a jubilant crowd poured out of a mosque and began happy cries of "Long Live Egypt" and "God is Great" while waving their homeland's red white and black flag.
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