Cairo (comics)
Encyclopedia
Cairo is the first graphic novel
of G. Willow Wilson
with art by M.K. Perker
, and published by the Vertigo imprint
of DC Comics
.
, and follows six characters as they are drawn into the intrigue surrounding a stolen hookah
, a box containing East and the Under-Nile of legend.
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
of G. Willow Wilson
G. Willow Wilson
G. Willow Wilson is an American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist.-Biography:After converting to Islam while attending Boston University, Wilson moved to Cairo, where she contributed articles to the Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and the Canada National Post...
with art by M.K. Perker
M.K. Perker
M.Kutlukhan Perker is one of the most prominent and internationally recognized artists of his native Turkey.-Biography:...
, and published by the Vertigo imprint
Imprint
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of DC Comics
DC Comics
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.
Synopsis
The story is set in contemporary CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, and follows six characters as they are drawn into the intrigue surrounding a stolen hookah
Hookah
A hookah A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari, (Nastaleeq) huqqah) also known as a waterpipe or narghile, is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) instrument for smoking in which the smoke is cooled by water. The tobacco smoked is referred to...
, a box containing East and the Under-Nile of legend.
Characters
- Ashraf - A hash smuggling ring leader on the rafh pass.
- Tova - An IDF soldier assigned to the border for her refusal to serve in the occupied territories.
- Shaheed - A Lebanese-American would-be terrorist.
- Shams - A centuries old djinn, protector of a box containing East.
- Jibreel - A dissident journalist often censored by the government.
- Kate - A somewhat naive American tourist and aspiring journalist.
- Nar - Crime lord and magician.
- Iblis - The Devil.
- Ta'abatta Sharran - A spirit inhabiting the city's ruins, appears as a bearded man wrapped in two great snakes. Based on the similarly named Meccan poet.