The Cairo Trilogy
Three generations of a Cairo family, 1917–1944: the defining Arabic family saga
- Author
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Century
- 20th century
Made around the same time (±30 years)
- 1959–1973 Sydney Opera House — Jørn Utzon · Modern architecture (International Style) · Sydney
- 1962 Campbell's Soup Cans — Andy Warhol · Pop art · New York
- 1967 One Hundred Years of Solitude — Gabriel García Márquez · Mexico City
- 1931 The Persistence of Memory — Salvador Dalí · Surrealism · Portlligat, Catalonia
- 1928–1930 Chrysler Building — William Van Alen · Art Deco · New York
- 1928–1931 Villa Savoye — Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret · Modern architecture (International Style) · Poissy, near Paris
- 1956 Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? — Richard Hamilton · Pop art · London
- 1954–1958 Seagram Building — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson · Modern architecture (International Style) · New York
What was happening in the world
- 1941–1944 Siege of Leningrad
- 1941–1945 The Holocaust
- 1942–1943 Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
- 1945 German surrender and Victory Day
- 1947–1991 Cold War