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Last broadcast on Sun, 8 Nov 2009, 23:05 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Harriett Gilbert talks to acclaimed Egyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswany about his bestselling novel The Yacoubian Building.
It was the Arab world’s number-one bestseller for five years running after it was published in 2002.
The Yacoubian Building interweaves the stories of a group of diverse characters who live and work in downtown Cairo.
A moving study of politics and power, sex and revenge - centred on the apartment building - the Yacoubian building, which still stands in Cairo today.
The novel offers a compelling yet daringly scathing portrayal of modern Egypt since the Revolution of 1952.
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Sat 7 Nov 200920:05
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Sun 8 Nov 200902:05
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Sun 8 Nov 200923:05
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