Tahrir Square

British

/ tæˈɾiːɾ /

noun

a large square in central Cairo, in Egypt. The name, meaning ‘liberation’, was used informally after the 1919 revolution and then officially after the 1952 revolution. Scene of mass demonstrations in 2011 against the government of president Hosni Mubarak.

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In his first special in nearly 15 years, Ahmed filmed “It Only Takes One of Us” at the American University in Cairo, a former palace in Tahrir Square, site of 2011’s Arab Spring protests.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

They compare this with how quickly Washington abandoned Egypt's President Mubarak in 2011 when the crowds came out on Cairo's Tahrir Square.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

In Baghdad, tens of thousands gathered in Tahrir Square in the center of Iraq’s capital for protests called by the influential Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023

The large pro-democracy movement in Cairo’s Tahrir Square captured the world’s attention in 2011, for example.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

"One post compared the protests to Tahrir Square, citing the 18-day protest in Egypt in 2011 which ended in the overthrow of the government."

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2022

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