The Yacoubian Building (series)
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The Yacoubian Building ( ʿImārat Yaʿqūbīān) is a 2007 Egypt
ian television series based on the scenario of Atef Beshai and directed by Ahmad Saqr. The series featured major roles by Salah Al-Saadni, Izzat Abou Of, Lobna Abdel Aziz
, Rania Youssef and Aser Yasin.
The television series is based on the 2002 novel
The Yacoubian Building
by Egyptian author Alaa el-Aswany
and the 2006 film The Yacoubian Building
by Marwan Hamed
, with the mentioning of the character of the homosexual in the film original being excised from the TV series adaptation of the novel because of its controversial nature.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian television series based on the scenario of Atef Beshai and directed by Ahmad Saqr. The series featured major roles by Salah Al-Saadni, Izzat Abou Of, Lobna Abdel Aziz
Lobna Abdel Aziz
Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Loubna Abd el Aziz or Lubna Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress. She was born in 1935 in Cairo, Egypt.-Family:She is married to Dr...
, Rania Youssef and Aser Yasin.
The television series is based on the 2002 novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building 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....
by Egyptian author Alaa el-Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa al-Aswany is an Egyptian writer, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.-Biography:Alaa Al Aswany studied to be a dentist, first in Egypt, and then later Chicago....
and the 2006 film The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building (film)
The Yacoubian Building is an 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.-Background:...
by Marwan Hamed
Marwan Hamed
Marwan Hamed is a young Egyptian film director who is the son of author Wahid Hamed and journalist Zeinab Sweidan. His debut was a short film entitled Li Li followed by a major feature film entitled The Yacoubian Building based on a novel by Alaa Al Aswany and starring Adel Imam.He has taken part...
, with the mentioning of the character of the homosexual in the film original being excised from the TV series adaptation of the novel because of its controversial nature.