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A Metaphor for Contemporary Egyptian Society Essay Preview: A Metaphor for Contemporary Egyptian Society Report this essay Ostensibly set during the gulf war in 1990, the novel The Yacoubian Building adeptly dissects the socio-economic and political turmoil that plague the modern day Egyptian society, a fit rivaled only by Naguib Mahfouzs works. Alaa al Aswany,.