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Cairo has been at the centre of the revolution; the largest protests were held in downtown Tahrir Square, considered the "protest movement's beating heart and most effective symbol". [234] During the first three days of the protests there were clashes between the central security police and demonstrators, but on 28 January the police withdrew ...
Mass protests in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 led to the demission of President Hosni Mubarak, the 2012 Egyptian presidential election won by Mohamed Morsi, the 2012–2013 Egyptian protests against the Morsi presidency, the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état which overthrew Morsi, the August 2013 Rabaa massacre by the security forces and army led by general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and an ...
The National Democratic Party-NDP headquarters building stood here until it was set on fire during the revolution and demolished in 2015. [17] The Cairo Metro serves Tahrir Square with the Sadat Station, which is the downtown junction of the system's two lines, linking to Giza, Maadi, Helwan, and other districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo ...
The Square (Arabic: الميدان, romanized: Al-Maydan) is a 2013 Egyptian-American documentary film by Jehane Noujaim, which depicts the Egyptian Crisis until 2013, starting with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square. [4] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. [5]
The Egyptian revolution of 1952 (Arabic: ثورة 23 يوليو), [3] also known as the 1952 coup d'état (Arabic: انقلاب 1952) [4] [5] [6] and 23 July Revolution, [7] was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt.
A video recorded from an aerial view then emerged of a woman trying to flee from the Square in a street adjacent to the Egyptian Cabinet, only to stumble and fall to the ground. [13] [14] The security forces caught up to her and beat her severely. The soldiers began stomping her and hitting her with their batons.
Tahrir Square at night during the "Day of Revolt" On 25 January 2011, known as the "Day of Anger" (Arabic: يوم الغضب yawm al-ġaḍab, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjoːm elˈɣɑdɑb]) [8] or the "Day of Revolt", [9] protests took place in different cities across Egypt, including Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and Ismaïlia. [9]
The motivation behind the 2020 protests are similar to that of the 2019 protests. Many Egyptians had been discontent towards the government because of police brutality [13] and the economic issues the country had been facing as a result of the 2016 austerity measures; [5] [9] in 2020, almost 70% of the Egyptian population lived under the poverty line. [5]