Q Classism in the Egyptain culture is a huge social issue that has great influence in the movie. The premise focuses around the Yacoubian Building and the socioeconomic statuses are literally split off into levels. Each individual is struggling with something that seems to revolve around their social status. Taha is struggling to get into the police academy even with a high grade of 89% because his father was a janitor. This forces him to take extreme measures to prove himself by joining an extremist group. Sayed is trying to make ends meet for her family will dodging the sexual harassments typically experienced by females of lower socioeconomic status at their place of work. Yet we see Pasha, who exemplifies the top class with his major problem being his favorite pastime, women. The struggles of the lower class, harassment/poverty/lack of socioeconomic mobility, and the upper class, women and maintaining status, was a clear indication that classism played a huge role in this movie.