The Yacoubian Building: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Yacoubian Building runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi
Fajer Al-Kaisi narrates 139 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,474 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,714 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Yacoubian Building is an audiobook by Alaa Al Aswany: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Fajer Al-Kaisi, released June 11, 2019, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Released
- June 11, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Romance), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062939142
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Yacoubian Building as an audiobook?
The Yacoubian Building runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Yacoubian Building free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Yacoubian Building?
The Yacoubian Building is narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi.