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Tahrir Square, the Glossary

Tahrir Square (Maydān at-Taḥrīr,; "Liberation Square"), also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt.^[1]

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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014.

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Al Arabiya

Al Arabiya (العربية, transliterated:; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is a Saudi state-owned international Arabic news television channel.

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Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; The Peninsula) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered at Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar.

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Al-Ahram

Al-Ahram (الأهرام), founded on 5 August 1876, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (The Egyptian Events, founded 1828).

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Al-Masry Al-Youm

Al-Masry Al-Youm (المصري اليوم,, meaning The Egyptian Today) is an Egyptian privately owned daily newspaper that was first published in June 2004.

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Al-Monitor

Al-Monitor is a news website launched in 2012 by the Arab-American entrepreneur Jamal Daniel.

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American University in Cairo

The American University in Cairo (AUC; al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam

(lit) is a political slogan associated with the Arab Spring.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Cairo Metro

The Cairo Metro (Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق) is a rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Tahrir Square and Cairo Metro are downtown Cairo.

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Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.

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Contemporary art in Egypt

Contemporary art in Egypt refers to visual art, including installations, videos, paintings, or sculptures, developed in the Egyptian art scene.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.

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Deutsche Welle

("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.

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Downtown Cairo

Downtown Cairo (وسط البلد, "middle of town") is the colloquial name given to the 19th-century western expansion of Egypt's capital Cairo, between the historic medieval Cairo, and the Nile, which became the commercial center of the city during the 20th century.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Egyptian Armed Forces

The Egyptian Armed Forces (alquwwat almusalahat almisria, Egyptian (Coptic): ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

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Egyptian Constitution of 2012

The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt was the former fundamental law of Egypt.

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Egyptian Museum

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (al-Matḥaf al-Miṣrī, Egyptian Arabic) (also called the Cairo Museum), located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Tahrir Square and Egyptian Museum are downtown Cairo.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.

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Farouk of Egypt

Farouk I (فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Flag of Egypt

The national flag of Egypt (Arabic: عَلَمْ مِصر) is a tricolour consisting of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Egyptian revolutionary flag that dates back to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.

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Freedom Flotilla II

"Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human" was a flotilla that planned to break the maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel by sailing to Gaza on 5 July 2011.

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Fuad I of Egypt

Fuad I (فؤاد الأول Fu’ād al-Awwal; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan.

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Giza

Giza (sometimes spelled Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza; al-Jīzah,, الجيزة) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo.

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Graffiti

Graffiti (plural; singular graffiti or graffito, the latter rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view.

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Greater Cairo

The Greater Cairo (Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt.

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Haaretz

Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.

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Headquarters of the Arab League

The Headquarters of the Arab League is located in Tahrir Square and near the downtown business district of Cairo, Egypt. Tahrir Square and Headquarters of the Arab League are downtown Cairo.

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Helwan

Helwan (حلوان,, Halwan) is a suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt.

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High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) is the chief co-ordinator and representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) within the European Union (EU).

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Hosni Mubarak

Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.

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Isma'il Pasha of Egypt

Isma'il Pasha (إسماعيل باشا; 12 January 1830 – 2 March 1895), also known as 'Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Egypt and ruler of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain and France.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.

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June 2013 Egyptian protests

The 30 June revolution occurred in Egypt on 30 June 2013, marking the one-year anniversary of Mohamed Morsi's inauguration as president.

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Karnak

The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt.

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Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013.

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Khairy Pasha Palace

Khairy Pasha Palace is a neo-Mameluk building and former palace of Khairy Pasha, located on 113 Qasr El Eyni Street, in Tahrir Square, Cairo. Tahrir Square and Khairy Pasha Palace are downtown Cairo.

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List of wars involving Iraq

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states.

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Maadi

Maadi (المعادى) is a leafy and once suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about upriver from downtown Cairo.

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Mohamed Morsi

Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary.

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Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood (جماعة الاخوان المسلمين jamāʿat /al-ikhwan/el-ekhwan al-muslimīn) is a Sunni Islamist religious, political, and social movement,Eric Trager, " ", Foreign Affairs, September October 2011, p. 114–222. Tahrir Square and Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt are Egyptian revolution of 2011.

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National Democratic Party (Egypt)

The National Democratic Party (translit), often referred to in Egypt as simply the National Party (translit), was the ruling political party in Egypt from 1978 to 2011. Tahrir Square and National Democratic Party (Egypt) are Egyptian revolution of 2011.

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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is a large museum located in Old Cairo, a district of Cairo, Egypt.

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Nile

The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Omar Suleiman (politician)

Omar Mahmoud Suleiman (عمر محمود سليمان,; 2 July 1936 – 19 July 2012) was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pharaohs' Golden Parade

The Pharaohs' Golden Parade (موكب المومياوات الملكية, موكب المميات الملكيه, Tiḏinouōnh nnipharaō nnoub) was an event held in Cairo, Egypt on 3 April 2021, during which twenty-two mummies belonging to Kings and Queens of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt were moved from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat.

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President of Egypt

The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt (رئيس جمهورية مصر العربية.) is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointee of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014.

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Qasr El Eyni Street

Qasr Eleini Street or Asr Eleini Street by Egyptian pronunciation (شارع قصر العينى; translated as Palace of Eleini Street) is one of the oldest streets in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Tahrir Square and Qasr El Eyni Street are downtown Cairo.

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Qasr El Nil Bridge

The Qasr el Nil Bridge (originally named Khedive Ismail Bridge, Egyptian Arabic: Asr el Nil Bridge), is a historic swing bridge structure dating from 1931 which replaced the first bridge to span the Nile River in central Cairo, Egypt. Tahrir Square and Qasr El Nil Bridge are downtown Cairo.

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Qasr El Nil Street

Qasr El Nil Street, (Arabic: شارع قصر النيل lit. Palace of the Nile street) is a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt, one of the biggest streets in Cairo, with many businesses, restaurants, and an active nightlife. Tahrir Square and Qasr El Nil Street are downtown Cairo.

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Ramesses II

Ramesses II (rꜥ-ms-sw), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Egyptian pharaoh.

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Republic

A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy.

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Revolution

In political science, a revolution (revolutio, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's state, class, ethnic or religious structures.

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Roundabout

A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.

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Sadat

Sadat (سادات.) is a suffix, which is given to families believed to be descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director.

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Sphinx

A sphinx (σφίγξ,; phíx,; or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.

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Stratfor

Strategic Forecasting Inc., commonly known as Stratfor, is an American strategic intelligence publishing company founded in 1996.

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Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF; المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة,, also Higher Council of the Armed Forces) is a statutory body of between 20 and 25 senior officers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and is headed by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Lieutenant General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki. Tahrir Square and Supreme Council of the Armed Forces are Egyptian revolution of 2011.

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Talaat Harb Street

Talaat Harb Street (شارع طلعت حرب) is a historic street in downtown Cairo, Egypt, connecting Tahrir Square and Talaat Harb Square. Tahrir Square and Talaat Harb Street are downtown Cairo.

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Tanis

Tanis (Τάνις or Τανέως) or San al-Hagar (Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar; ḏꜥn.t;; ϫⲁⲛⲓ or ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ or ϫⲁⲛⲏ; rtl|Ṣōʿan) is the Greek name for ancient Egyptian ḏꜥn.t, an important archaeological site in the northeastern Nile Delta of Egypt, and the location of a city of the same name.

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The Mogamma

Mogamma el Tahrir (Egyptians name it: مجمع التحرير and is translated as: Complex of Liberation) is a government building in Cairo, Egypt. Tahrir Square and The Mogamma are downtown Cairo.

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The Square (2013 film)

The Square 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. Tahrir Square and the Square (2013 film) are Egyptian revolution of 2011.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir_Square

Also known as Al-Tahrir Square, At-Tahrir Square, Ismailia Square, Liberation Square (Cairo), Midan Tahrir, Midan al-Tahrir, Midan at-Tahrir, Tahreer Square, Tahrir Square, Cairo.

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Downtown Cairo

Egyptian revolution of 2011

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