The Egyptian Museum sits behind a high iron fence, distinguished by its deep red facade and a sprawling, neoclassical symmetry. Inside, over one hundred thousand artifacts rest on shelves that have stayed largely unchanged since the…
Modern History around Tahrir
Walk the perimeter of Cairo's most famous square to see where the 1952 and 2011 revolutions unfolded and how they transformed Egypt's political landscape.
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1. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo
2. Qasr El Nil Bridge
The Qasr El Nil Bridge features four massive bronze lions standing guard at its entrances. Designed by the French engineer Maurice Resal and opened in nineteen thirty-three, the bridge replaced an older structure built under Khedive…
3. Omar Makram Mosque
The Omar Makram Mosque features a distinctively slender, octagonal minaret that rises sharply above the Tahrir Square district. Named for a nineteenth century leader who resisted Napoleonic forces, the building sits on a site that once…
4. Mogamma El Tahrir
The Mogamma building sits at the southern edge of Tahrir Square, a massive fourteen-story block of gray concrete that looms over the street. Built in the late nineteen forties, the structure serves as a colossal government office complex…
5. The American University in Cairo Tahrir Square Campus
The stone gates at the American University in Cairo carry the seal of a university established in nineteen nineteen. This campus in Tahrir Square sits behind heavy iron fences, its yellow brick walls and arched windows distinct from the…
6. Mohammed Mahmoud
The Mohammed Mahmoud Street wall is a jagged, shifting canvas of aerosol paint and wheat-pasted posters. It serves as the primary artery for street art chronicling the Egyptian Revolution of twenty eleven. Artists here replaced slogans…