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Samir Sarhan (b. 8 December, 1941-d. 1 July, 2006)

Samir Sarhan (b. 8 December, 1941-d. 1 July, 2006)

In contrast to the MP who last week accused the film The Yacoubian Building of sullying Egypt's reputation, Raouf Moussad finds in the novel on which the film is based a depiction of minorities so tendentious as to smooth the feathers of even the most conservative ideologue

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