"The Yacoubian Building" by Alaa Al Aswany

Yacoubian Building is a book written by former Egyptian dentist Alaa Al Aswany. This book was originally published in Arabic in 2002. Because of its political content, the book must be published personally, but shortly after its release it is sold out within a month and one of the best-selling books in the Arab world became. It is said that the book sold more than 250,000 copies for more than 5 years, and regular printing of more than 3,000 copies of other general books. The book was later translated into 27 other languages ​​including Hebrew.

Alaa Al Aswany appeared ten years after his first novel, "Yacoubian Building", the most popular writer in Egypt, and the world's most prominent Egyptian writer published. His novel has become an international bestseller. "Jacobian Building" became a movie - and the biggest budget movie in Egypt - and then it was divided into TV series. In Egypt, he was long known for his frank criticism of the Mubarak regime. For several years, he has written a regular newspaper column emphasizing repression, abuse, and corruption, and he runs a weekly literary salon to provide a platform for responding. His battle with Shafiq gave him a famous political currency, but it also made him a more controversial figure. Many Egyptians think that his hatred is rude and disrespectful. Hida told me that this encounter is a groundbreaking event in the process of changing the country from deep-rooted authority. This is the state of mind

For Aswany, "Yacoubian Building" published in 2002 suddenly succeeded. This book is a multilayered story of various occupants of Aswanie's beloved downtown apartment building. A jealous and obscure life fighting sisters who want to take over the apartment, a homosexual newspaper editor who tempts a poor Nubian soldier, a son of a clerk who transforms into an enthusiastic Muslim as a policeman Lost, I learned to accept boss 's sexual harassment at a clothing shop like my son' s childhood lover. This novel is full of distorted relationships due to bullying and unjust behavior Core is to investigate the impact of corruption and oppressive dictatorship on society. However, this book is filled with nostalgic feelings.

"Yacoubian Building" was immediately sold in Egypt. Alaa El-Deeb and Aswany's early mentor, according to Egypt's most important literary critic, its success comes from its directness. He said contemporary Egyptian writers tend to be elegant experimentalists, partly from deviations from self-censoring and social and political issues. Aswani is facing political control of the corrupt regime. He explained El-Deeb as "a clear and direct shortcut to the writer's social and political function." Aswan's English translator Humphrey Davies, who has lived in Cairo for decades, believes that the success of this book comes from its direct style - "very readable, very readable, very smooth." He said, "I think he avoided using deliberately strange words, as he wanted to intentionally communicate, so as to avoid strange ideas."