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The Yacoubian Building (Arabic: عمارة يعقوبيان, transliterated: ʿImārat Yaʿqūbīān or Omaret Yakobean) is a 2006 Egyptian film based on the novel of the same title by author Alaa Al Aswany. It has been reported to be the highest-budgeted film in the history of Egyptian cinema.
Jun 21, 2006 · The Yacoubian Building: Directed by Marwan Hamed. With Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss. Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
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- Drama
- Marwan Hamed
- 2006-06-21
The Yacoubian Building (Arabic: عمارة يعقوبيان ‘Imārat Ya‘qūbyān) is a novel by Egyptian author Alaa-Al-Aswany. The book was made into a film of the same name in 2006 and into a TV series in 2007.
- ʿAlāʾ Aswānī, Humphrey T. Davies
- 2002
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zaki, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pious Hajj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy his sexual drive within religious bounds.
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- Arab Co, Good News
- Marwan Hamed
Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
- Marawan Hamed
- Adel Imam
The Yacoubian Building is a 2006 Egyptian film based on the novel of the same title by author Alaa Al Aswany. It has been reported to be the highest-budgeted film in the history of Egyptian cinema.
Sep 10, 2007 · Director Marwan Hamed is faithful to the original conceit, and we follow the diverse inhabitants of Yacoubian's Building in downtown Cairo.
