The Yacoubian Building ( Arabic : عمارة يعقوبيان , Édifice Yacoubian ) is a mixed-use building in Downtown Cairo , Egypt, built in 1937. Located on No. 34 on Talaat Harb Street , Cairo, the Art Deco style edifice was named after its Lebanese-Armenian owner and businessman Hagop Yacoubian. The architect of the building was Garo Balian.
4-677: Yacoubian is an Armenian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hagop Yacoubian , proprietor of the Yacoubian Building in Cairo, Egypt Paula Yacoubian (born 1976), Lebanese journalist, TV personality, politician and Member of Parliament Yacoub Yacoubian , proprietor of the Yacoubian Building in Beirut, Lebanon See also [ edit ] Yacoubian Building (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
8-459: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hagop Yacoubian The building served as a residence for Cairo's upper-class during the Kingdom of Egypt , home to cotton millionaires, members of the royal family, and foreign nationals . During and after the 1952 revolution the building was used as a domicile for Egyptian military officers and their wives. By the 1970s the building
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16-520: Was transferred to mixed use, including shopfronts and offices. A fictionalised version of the building serves as a metaphor for Cairo's own deterioration in the 2003 Arabic language novel The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany . The novel was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name , directed by Marwan Hamed. A larger building, located on Talaat Harb Square was used for the exteriors . The Yacoubian Building in Beirut , Lebanon belonged to
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