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New Tahrir Square (Planting Democracy) Hochshule Anhalt (FH) Anhalt University of Applied Sciences Master of Landscape Architecture Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (October, 2013) New Tahrir Square (Planting Democracy) 3URI$OH[DQGHU0.DGHU¿UVWH[DPLQHU%\,VVDP$EG(OODWLI 3URI(LQDU.UHW]OHUVHFRQGH[DPLQHU Master of Landscape Architecture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uthor: Issam Abd Ellatif !esis Title: New Tahrir Square (( PLANTING DEMOCRACY)) Keywords: Cairo, Tahrir, Planting democracy, revolution, February 2011. Abstract: Cairo give its tourists an unbelievable selection of attractions; it is a mixture of old and new as it include many former cities and their monuments.In fact the area of the city can be return to 4225 BC. cairo limited by the desert to the west and east,and the Nile delta to the north, the city is located on both banks and along 40km south to north of the river Nile. !e city centre is full of universities, governmental o#ces, institutions, commercial establishments, and countless hotels, creating a intensive pattern of constant activity. !e ever-busy Tahrir square is one of the major and largest public squares; the centre of the city. It's really di#cult task to come up with a proposal for Tahrir Square, the icon of the Egyptian revolution, which has not $nished yet. I develop proposals and for the tahrir square. Finally, I will present the design for the Egyptian Government, providing ideas, concepts and %at planes. I also propose solutions to current problems, by identifying potentials and taking advantages from them and by creating methods to pursuing these solutions. 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