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Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

origin, meaning '' liberation''. Uses of Tahrir include: *'' Al Tahrir'' - an Egyptian daily *'' Tahrir al-Wasilah'' - a book authored by Ayatollah Khomeini *

Tahrir Square Tahrir Square (, ; ), also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations. The 2011 Egyptian revolution and the resignation of President of Egypt, ...

- major public square in Cairo (also in Baghdad) * Tahrir Square Development - Proposed first phase in Baghdad Renaissance Plan; Liberation Square is Baghdad's biggest and most central square ''Organization names'' using Tahrir include: *Afwaj al-Tahrir. Battalion de la Liberation (BL) in French. Liberation Battalion was a small, shadowy terrorist organization dedicated to attacking Syrian Army forces in Lebanon during the mid-late 1980s * Al Tahrir is an Eritrean football club *

Fatah Fatah ( ; ), formally the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (), is a Palestinian nationalist and Arab socialist political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and ...

is a reverse acronym Fatḥ (or Fatah) of ḥarakat al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-filasṭīnī, meaning the "Palestinian National Liberation Movement"; Fatah is the largest faction of the

Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinians, Palestinian people in both the occupied Pale ...

(PLO) *

Haraka Tahrir Sudan The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army ( ''Ḥarakat Taḥrīr as-Sūdān''; abbreviated SLM, SLA, or SLM/A) is a Sudanese rebel group active in Darfur, Sudan. It was founded as the Darfur Liberation FrontFlint, Julie and De Waal, Alexander (20 ...

- The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (Arabic: حركة تحرير السودانḥarakat taḥrīr as-Sūdan) (abbreviated as either SLM or SLA) is a Sudanese rebel group *

Harakat Tahrir The Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab, also referred to as the Liberation Movement (), Movement for the Liberation of the Sahara, Advanced Organization of the Sahara, or simply the Muslim Party, was a Sahrawi ...

- Liberation Movement to work for the independence of Western Sahara *Harakit al-Taḥrīr al-Watani Al-Ahwazi,

National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz The National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz (; abbreviated NLMA) is an Arab nationalist and separatist organization whose goal is to establish an independent state called Ahwaz in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) ...

(NLMA), is an organization calling for a free independent Arab State called Ahwaz *

Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT; ) is an international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist political organization whose stated aim is the re-establishment of the Islamic caliphate to unite the Muslim community (called ''ummah'') and implement sharia glo ...

- an international

pan-Islamist Pan-Islamism () is a political movement which advocates the unity of Muslims under one Islamic country or state – often a caliphate – or an international organization with Islamic principles. Historically, after Ottomanism, which aimed at t ...

and fundamentalist political organisation whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as a caliphate ruled by Islamic law *Jabhat al-Tahrir al-Lubnaniyya. Front de Liberation Libanais (FLL) in French.

Lebanese Liberation Front The Lebanese Liberation Front (LLF; Arabic: جبهة التحرير اللبنانية transliterated as ''Jabhat al-Tahrir al-Lubnaniyya''; French: ''Front de Liberation Libanais'', ''FLL'') was a Lebanese underground terrorist group of national ...

(LLF) was a mainly Christian underground terrorist group formed in 1987 *Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waţanī. Front de Libération Nationale (FLN).

National Liberation Front (Algeria) The National Liberation Front (; ), commonly known by its French acronym FLN, is a nationalist political party in Algeria. It was the main nationalist movement during the Algerian War and the sole legal and ruling political party of the Algerian ...

is a socialist political party *Jayshu-t-tahrīr. The Army of Liberation (French : Armée de Libération).

Moroccan Army of Liberation The Army of Liberation (; ) was an organization of various loosely united militias fighting for the independence of Morocco from the French- Spanish protectorate. It was founded in 1955 as an attempt to organise the various factions of rural ...

was a force fighting for the independence of Morocco in the late 1950s; also transliterated Jaish *Kutla al-Musalaha wa't-Tahrir.

Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc or Kutla al-Musalaha wa't-Tahrir was an Iraqi political party. The Sunni, liberal, and secularist party was founded as the Iraqi Homeland Party in Jordan in 1995 by exiles from Saddam's regime. A prominent ...

is a

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

, liberal, and secularist Iraqi political party *

Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīniyyat The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people in both the occupied Palestinian territories and the diaspora. ...

- the Palestine Liberation Organization *

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) was a Sunni Islamist political organisation and paramilitary group involved in the Syrian civil war. It was formed on 28January 2017 as a merger between several armed groups: Jaysh al-Ahrar (an Ahrar al-Sham facti ...

, a Sunni Islamist political and armed organisation involved in the Syrian Civil War *

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of democratic transitions in the Middle East through analysis, advocacy, and action. Mission TIMEP's mission, through its ...

, Washington, D.C. ''Other place names'' using Tahrir include: * At Tahrir District is a district in Sana'a, Yemen ''Other uses'' of Tahrir include: *Wisam Al-Tahrir () (Liberation Medal) -

Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) The Kuwait Liberation Medal ( ''Wisām al-Taḥrīr'', , ) is a medal created in 1994 that was issued by the government of Kuwait to both local and foreign military personnel who served in the Gulf War's "Liberation of Kuwait" campaign phase of 1 ...

issued by the government of Kuwait *

Tahrir defterleri A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Etymology The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...

were tax registers developed in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. * Tahrir (vocal technique) is a form used in Persian classical singing.

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