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Cairo #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis graphic novel collects the complete five-issue miniseries from 2008, a standalone thriller set in modern-day Cairo. Written by G. Willow Wilson with art by M.K. Perker, the story weaves together the lives of several characters—an American journalist, an Israeli soldier, a Sudanese refugee, and a smuggler—whose paths converge around a mysterious stolen artifact. Published under DC's Vertigo imprint, it blends political intrigue, magical realism, and Middle Eastern mythology.
In "Cairo," a 2008 DC comic written by G. Willow Wilson and illustrated by M. K. Perker, five lives collide in the heart of the city when a stolen hookah unleashes a jinn with dangerous power. As a sorcerer hunts the ancient entity known as Shams, Ashraf, Ali, Kate, Shaheed, and Tova find their fates entangled in a crisis that blurs the line between the supernatural and the real. The cover by M. K. Perker captures the story’s tense, atmospheric edge.
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Ashraf is a drug smuggler who stole a hookah containing a jinn; Ali is a journalist whose stories are censored; Kate is an adventurous American; Shaheed is a Lebanese-American who intends to become a suicide bomber; Tova is an Israeli Special Forces officer stranded in Cairo. When the sorcerer Nar seeks to control the power of Shams the jinn, Ashraf, Ali, Kate, Shaheed and Tova are caught in the tumult and must confront the supernatural.
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