His second novel, "The Yacoubian Building", an ironic depiction of modern Egyptian society, has been widely read throughout the Arab world, has been translated into English, and was adapted into a film of the same name.
His second novel, "The Yacoubian Building", an ironic depiction of modern Egyptian society, has been widely read in Egypt and throughout the Middle East. It has been translated into English, and was adapted into a film (2006) and a television series (2007) of the same name.