I don't want to hijack this topic, but if the author agrees, maybe it should be renamed to "Turmoil in the Arab world"? All the countries mentioned are Arab states. I think the main reason for these protests is not a demand for more freedom, but dissatisfaction with poverty. All Arab states have huge numbers of unemployed young people (in another post I said that unemployment was the future of mankind) and all of them have problems with providing their populations with enough food and water. Remember, Sahara is expanding on North Africa, even though the Sahel (Sahara's southern border) is greening.
Regarding the future of Egypt, I think it will get a democratic government, but it will be a hodge-podge coalition of liberals and Islamists. If this new government fails to solve problems like unemployment and rising food prices (desertification!), which it most certainly will fail to solve, the democratic government will fall and an extremist one will take it's place. It won't solve the problems either, but the strict Sharia law (and the ruling class' interpretation of said law) will keep the population in line. The future of Egypt is gloomy.