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The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building
Author: Alaa Al Aswany
The Yacoubian Building holds all that Egypt was and has become over the 75 years since its namesake was built on one of downtown Cairo’s main boulevards. From the pious son of the building’s doorkeeper and the raucous, impoverished squatters on its roof, via the tattered aristocrat and the gay intellectual in its apartments, to the rut...  more »
ISBN-13: 9789774248627
ISBN-10: 9774248627
Publication Date: 3/1/2005
Pages: 262
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Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Disparate lives led by the residents of an apartment building in modern Cairo. It caused a scandal when it was first publlished in Egypt and has now been made into a movie. A great read and a primer on modern Egyptian urban society.
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A tremendous insight into the complexities and passion of life in modern Cairo.
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An interesting insight into Egyptian life.


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