Alaa Al Aswany

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Egyptian writer columnist novel novelist person

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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Label Occurrences
Alaa Al Aswany canonical 3
Al Aswany 1

Statements (46)

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