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Salah Salem Road

Named for Salah Salem, one of the Free Officers who led the 1952 revolution against the monarchy.

Salem was a prominent member of the Revolutionary Command Council in the 1950s. The road bearing his name runs past the Citadel and the historic core of the city.

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