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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Yacoubian Building (English translation) | 1 |
| The Yacoubian Building (French translation) | 1 |
| The Yacoubian Building (German translation) | 1 |
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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The Yacoubian Building (English translation)
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The Yacoubian Building (French translation)
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The Yacoubian Building (German translation)