The Yacoubian Building
A Novel

A soap opera story of the people who live in old downtown Cairo in a mid-rise apartment building. We encounter folks from all walks of life from the super wealthy in suites to the down and out who constitute a mini-community of rooftop dwellers, as well as hangers-out at a gay bar in the basement of......more

"البلد دى مش بلدنا يا طه.اعمل فلوس يا طه تكسب كل حاجة أما لو فضلت فقير حتندهس دهس.. "......more

Narrators tell stories; protagonists tell them; characters in novels do, too. But in The Yacoubian Building, an apartment complex on a downtown street tells the story of a whole nation. This ten-story structure, I found, has a lot to say. The building doesn't talk, of course, but it shelters the many......more

I've read this book twice now. Once before coming to Egypt and again this summer, having lived in Egypt for two years. The first time I read it, I truly believed that the situations that happened within it were exaggerated for artistic license. Now? It's all true. No artistic license needed. Just str......more

Knjiga je divna, ako jos i odgledate egipatski film snimljen po istoimenom romanu onda je to pun pogodak... :) Pravo osvezenje!......more