Salah al-Din Square (Arabic: ميدان صلاح الدين, lit.

It is considered among the most important areas in Egypt, having witnessed many significant political and social events.

Or the exit of the bearer (the covering of the Kaaba) for the Hijaz or when celebrating the confirmation of the sighting of the crescent of Ramadan.

[citation needed] The square is surrounded by the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan to the north, the Al-Mahmoudia Mosque to the east.

The Al-Rifa'i Mosque, a 19th-century addition, contains the tombs of four 19th and 20th century Khedives and Kings of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.