THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING, CAIRO

THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING, CAIRO

The hostel we stayed in was in this amazing building.

In 2006 'The Yacoubian Building' (the film version of the book by Alaa al Aswan http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/feb/17/fiction.featuresreviews) by Marwan Hamed was set there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PHTUM9o9s

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425321/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5150718.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5150216.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4954932.stm

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