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Islam and the modern state Sexuality and gender diversity

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2006 CE · 1427 AH†
Countries: EG
Approach: drama of Muslim life

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

An Egyptian film based on the novel by Alaa Al Aswany: residents of a building in central Cairo between power, religion and sex; one of the most influential Egyptian films of the millennium. ¹ ²

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Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “The Yacoubian Building”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/imarat-yaqubiyan-2006/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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