The Yacoubian Building
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The Yacoubian Building is a 2006 Egyptian drama film, adapted from Alaa Al Aswany’s bestselling novel, that portrays the intersecting lives of residents in a once-elegant Cairo apartment block to explore corruption, class, and social change in modern Egypt.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Yacoubian Building canonical | 3 |
| The Yacoubian Building (English translation) | 1 |
| The Yacoubian Building (French translation) | 1 |
| The Yacoubian Building (German translation) | 1 |
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Target entity: The Yacoubian Building Context triple: [Egyptian cinema, notableFilm, The Yacoubian Building]
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Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street is a psychological suspense novel by Hilary Mantel that explores cultural clash, isolation, and paranoia through the experiences of a British woman living in Saudi Arabia.
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House of Marwan
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Zaytoun
Zaytoun is a 2012 war drama film set in 1982 Lebanon that follows the unlikely friendship between a young Palestinian refugee and a downed Israeli fighter pilot.
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El Zeitoun
El Zeitoun is a residential district in northeastern Cairo, Egypt, known for its historic churches and mid-20th-century urban development.
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The Cairo Trilogy
The Cairo Trilogy is a renowned series of novels by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz that chronicles the lives of a Cairo family across generations, offering a rich portrait of Egyptian society in the early 20th century.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Yacoubian Building Target entity description: The Yacoubian Building is a 2006 Egyptian drama film, adapted from Alaa Al Aswany’s bestselling novel, that portrays the intersecting lives of residents in a once-elegant Cairo apartment block to explore corruption, class, and social change in modern Egypt.
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A.
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street is a psychological suspense novel by Hilary Mantel that explores cultural clash, isolation, and paranoia through the experiences of a British woman living in Saudi Arabia.
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B.
House of Marwan
The House of Marwan was the ruling branch of the Umayyad dynasty descended from Caliph Marwan I, which controlled the Islamic Caliphate during its later period until its overthrow by the Abbasids.
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C.
Zaytoun
Zaytoun is a 2012 war drama film set in 1982 Lebanon that follows the unlikely friendship between a young Palestinian refugee and a downed Israeli fighter pilot.
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D.
El Zeitoun
El Zeitoun is a residential district in northeastern Cairo, Egypt, known for its historic churches and mid-20th-century urban development.
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E.
The Cairo Trilogy
The Cairo Trilogy is a renowned series of novels by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz that chronicles the lives of a Cairo family across generations, offering a rich portrait of Egyptian society in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| addresses |
authoritarianism in Egypt
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class stratification in Egypt ⓘ moral decay in society ⓘ social mobility in Egypt ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Alaa Al Aswany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Yacoubian Building (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Egyptian urban middle and lower classes ⓘ |
| depicts |
modern Egyptian society
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political corruption in Egypt ⓘ social inequality in Egypt ⓘ |
| explores |
religious hypocrisy
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sexual politics in Egyptian society ⓘ tension between old elite and new power structures in Egypt ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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social drama ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class
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corruption ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interconnected personal stories ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | multi-character ensemble drama ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | ensemble cast ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| portrays |
decline of a once-elegant Cairo apartment block
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intersecting lives of residents of a Cairo apartment block ⓘ intersection of private lives and public politics in Egypt ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSource | novel ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| settingBuildingStatus | once-elegant but decaying apartment block ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | contemporary Egypt ⓘ |
| settingType | apartment building ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPopularity | bestselling novel ⓘ |
| title | The Yacoubian Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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