It covers about eight square kilometers. In its vicinity, you will find government buildings, the headquarters of the Arab League, the Umar Makram Mosque, the Goethe-Institut, and the Egyptian Museum. The square was the site of many riots, both peaceful and bloody, including the anti-Mubarak Million-Man March in 2011. It also suffered from several bomb attacks by Islamic organizations, carried out in 1993, 1997, and 2005.
