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Alaa al aswany is the author of the yacoubian building, which was longlisted for the international impac dublin literary award in 2006 and was the bestselling novel in the arab world for more than five years. As yacoubian building heads west, the author discusses the storys message, daily star egypt, 8 december 2005. In the hot evenings of autumn 2002, cairos streetside cafes were packed with men, women and teenagers riffling intently. The yacoubian building download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read chicago. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the yacoubian building. The book became a bestseller in arabic, was made into a bigbudget film, and became a hit in its. This is true of alaa al aswany s novel from 2002, the yacoubian building imarat yaqubyan. 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, each character embodies a facet of modern egypt. A dentist, whose first office was in the yacoubian building, al aswany has written prolifically for egyptian newspapers across the political spectrum on literature, politics, and social issues. Buy the yacoubian building reprint by aswany, alaa al, davies, humphrey isbn. The author of the highly acclaimed the yacoubian building returns with a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition set in chicago, with a cast of american and arab characters achingly human in their desires and needs. By alaa al aswany the yacoubian building hardcover dec 17, 2006.
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