Cairo July (16): “The Yacoubian Building” and the transformations of time and place (1-2)

The political and social transformations witnessed by Cairo society, as well as the transformations in the urban landscape, were the subject of several novels published after the Nasser era, such as “Doha Said” (1985) and “A Piece of Europe” (2005). A generation of novelists benefited from the new political climate in the post-Nasser era, especially after the state ideology, which had been oriented toward socialism and Arab nationalism, was transformed by Anwar Sadat (1970-1981) and Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011).