Opera Square at the end of Qasr El Nile Bridge on Gezira Island. Statue of Saad Zagloul in the center, an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman. He was the leader of Egypt's nationalist Wafd Party and of the nationalist movement of 1918–19 which led Britain to give Egypt nominal independence . He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924.