"I was just on the phone with a friend of mine who unfortunately lost an eye but he covered it and is still protesting on the streets - people are not leaving the streets," he told ABC News Online.
"A friend of ours is the cameraman for Al Jazeera in Egypt and he got shot many times with rubber bullets. He didn't want to leave but he had to, and has since come back on the streets.
"There are no police or firefighters or ambulances in the streets anymore, so if you can imagine a place like that when a fire breaks out, no-one can put it out for you.
"So when there are thugs running around the streets you have two options: you can give them what you have or you can fight them, and that's what the people are doing."
Mr Mustafa says his entire family is currently either protesting or protecting property in Cairo and he is desperately trying to return home to join them.
"Of course I want to be with my fellow Egyptians. We can do here as much as we want but our real place now is to be amongst our fellow Egyptians and fight for our cause," he said.
"I want to march the streets, protect my property and be with my family. I want to hopefully celebrate this dictator falling in a few days.
"I started speaking to my family again yesterday because our self-acclaimed president has cut all means of communication to the other side.
"We're not talking social networks; we're talking no internet, no mobile phones, no landlines.
"They started working two days ago and now you can reach people on mobiles every now and then, and that's how we're getting news from them."
Mr Mustafa has called Mr Mubarak a criminal and attacked his appointment of the first vice-president since he came to power.
"He's committed so many crimes, stolen so much of the Egyptian people's money, he's participated in so much corruption," he said.
"He's a very stubborn man and has this authority addiction.
"People are asking him to leave but he instead sacks the government and calls his two best friends to come and help him. He's made one of them his vice-president and the other prime minister.
"The people have been patient for so long and now they've spoken. And when they say 'no', it means no."
Regime change
Although Mr Mustafa says he there is no ideal candidate to step into the president's shoes, he is certain there will not be a power void.
"This man has lied to Egyptians for so long and he's been scaring them with the idea that if his regime goes the only alternative is the Muslim Brotherhood - and that's completely wrong," he said.
"We know there isn't enough support from the Egyptian people to do that.
"There are politicised people, there are perfect leaders for the country. Any of them can takeover or someone new can as well.
"Egypt is a country with a population of almost 100 million people, mostly educated, so I don't think it's going to be a problem finding someone to take over."
But Bishop Suriel, from the Coptic Orthodox Church in Melbourne, believes Coptic Christians in Egypt are concerned about the influence the Muslim Brotherhood might have on any new governmental arrangements.
"We are concerned about any extremist group that may take hold," he said.
"It will not be good news for all of Egypt or for the Christians of Egypt for any extremist group that may have their own political agenda.
"That will cause havoc and a lot of distress for Egyptians and for the Coptics and we are against any extremist group that may take hold of the country. We hope and we pray that this does not happen."
"A friend of ours is the cameraman for Al Jazeera in Egypt and he got shot many times with rubber bullets. He didn't want to leave but he had to, and has since come back on the streets.
"There are no police or firefighters or ambulances in the streets anymore, so if you can imagine a place like that when a fire breaks out, no-one can put it out for you.
"So when there are thugs running around the streets you have two options: you can give them what you have or you can fight them, and that's what the people are doing."
Mr Mustafa says his entire family is currently either protesting or protecting property in Cairo and he is desperately trying to return home to join them.
"Of course I want to be with my fellow Egyptians. We can do here as much as we want but our real place now is to be amongst our fellow Egyptians and fight for our cause," he said.
"I want to march the streets, protect my property and be with my family. I want to hopefully celebrate this dictator falling in a few days.
"I started speaking to my family again yesterday because our self-acclaimed president has cut all means of communication to the other side.
"We're not talking social networks; we're talking no internet, no mobile phones, no landlines.
"They started working two days ago and now you can reach people on mobiles every now and then, and that's how we're getting news from them."
Mr Mustafa has called Mr Mubarak a criminal and attacked his appointment of the first vice-president since he came to power.
"He's committed so many crimes, stolen so much of the Egyptian people's money, he's participated in so much corruption," he said.
"He's a very stubborn man and has this authority addiction.
"People are asking him to leave but he instead sacks the government and calls his two best friends to come and help him. He's made one of them his vice-president and the other prime minister.
"The people have been patient for so long and now they've spoken. And when they say 'no', it means no."
Regime change
Although Mr Mustafa says he there is no ideal candidate to step into the president's shoes, he is certain there will not be a power void.
"This man has lied to Egyptians for so long and he's been scaring them with the idea that if his regime goes the only alternative is the Muslim Brotherhood - and that's completely wrong," he said.
"We know there isn't enough support from the Egyptian people to do that.
"There are politicised people, there are perfect leaders for the country. Any of them can takeover or someone new can as well.
"Egypt is a country with a population of almost 100 million people, mostly educated, so I don't think it's going to be a problem finding someone to take over."
But Bishop Suriel, from the Coptic Orthodox Church in Melbourne, believes Coptic Christians in Egypt are concerned about the influence the Muslim Brotherhood might have on any new governmental arrangements.
"We are concerned about any extremist group that may take hold," he said.
"It will not be good news for all of Egypt or for the Christians of Egypt for any extremist group that may have their own political agenda.
"That will cause havoc and a lot of distress for Egyptians and for the Coptics and we are against any extremist group that may take hold of the country. We hope and we pray that this does not happen."
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