Tahrir Square

British  

/ tæˈɾiːɾ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The old museum is housed in a stately yet crumbling Beaux-Arts building in Tahrir Square that dates from 1902, while the GEM, sprawling over the Giza Plateau, is sleek and ultramodern, and sometimes reminiscent of an Emirati airport with its high-end gift shop and food court.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another British tourist says she previously saw the Tutankhamun exhibits on display at the neoclassical Egyptian Museum in bustling Tahrir Square.

From BBC

He was a familiar face in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focal point of the demonstrations, and he gave voice to the protesters' demands.

From BBC

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

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