National Democratic Party’s Headquarters in Cairo

During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, the Headquarters of then-President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party were set on fire. While initially, the building was not intended as a monument, it acquired intense symbolic significance in the aftermath of the revolution. Consequently, the fate of the building in the post-revolutionary era became deeply divisive over whether it should be maintained or removed in its entirety. At present, it remains as an empty lot fenced off from the public. This case study explores the complexity of reinterpretation of sites in the aftermath of mass societal and political upheaval.