Tahrir Square (Liberation Square) is a square in the center of Cairo, originally called Ismailia Square in honor of Khedive Ismail Pasha, who introduced European approaches to the development of the city, seeking to build "Paris on the Nile". Renamed after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. Tahrir Square has been a traditional venue for demonstrations and mass protests for many years.

In the northeast of the square is the statue of Omar Makram, behind which is the mosque of Omar Makram. The northern end of the square passes into the historic Qasr al-Ain street, the western one - into Talaat Harb street, not far from which there is a bridge across the Nile - Qasr al-Nil. Along the perimeter of the square are the Cairo Egyptian Museum, the headquarters building of the National Democratic Party of Egypt, the Mogamma government building, the headquarters of the Arab League, the Nile Hotel and the campus of the American University in Cairo. The Sadat metro station is located on the square.