Alaa Al Aswany

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Alaa Al Aswany is a prominent contemporary Egyptian novelist and columnist best known internationally for his critically acclaimed novel "The Yacoubian Building."

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Alaa Al Aswany canonical 3
Al Aswany 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian writer
columnist
novel
novelist
person
author Alaa Al Aswany self-linksurface differs
countryOfBirth Egypt
countryOfCitizenship Egypt
countryOfOrigin Egypt
educatedAt Cairo University
University of Illinois at Chicago
familyName Alaa Al Aswany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Al Aswany
fieldOfWork journalism
literature
genre literary fiction
political fiction
givenName Alaa
hasTranslation The Yacoubian Building
surface form: The Yacoubian Building (English translation)

The Yacoubian Building
surface form: The Yacoubian Building (French translation)

The Yacoubian Building
surface form: The Yacoubian Building (German translation)
influencedBy Naguib Mahfouz
languageOfExpression Arabic
movement contemporary Arabic literature
name Alaa Al Aswany self-link
nationality Egyptian
notableFor depicting Egyptian society and politics
notableWork Chicago
Friendly Fire
On the State of Egypt
The Automobile Club of Egypt
The Yacoubian Building
occupation columnist
dentist
novelist
political commentator
originalLanguage Arabic
placeOfBirth Cairo
residence Cairo
subjectOf film adaptation of The Yacoubian Building
writesFor magazines
newspapers
writingLanguage Arabic
wrote Chicago
Friendly Fire
The Automobile Club of Egypt
The Yacoubian Building

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Arabic literature hasNotableAuthor Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany name Alaa Al Aswany self-link
Alaa Al Aswany familyName Alaa Al Aswany self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany author Alaa Al Aswany self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Yacoubian Building