I feel like I'm the last person to know about this graphic novel, but just in case you are: it's FANTASTIC. It is set in an alternate Cairo where 'wishes' are real, come in bottles, and are subject to heavy government regulation (with all that that entails). The book tells the story of three particular vintage wishes at a man's kiosk, and the three people's stories those wishes become entangled in. I don't want to say too much more. Read it.
I'm part way through this excellent graphic novel in which "wishes" are sold on the market and regulated by governments. Here's an info box between chapters.
"My sister's grandson is a graphic designer" ???
Lovely #graphicnovel set in modern alternate Cairo, in which wishes are real and are sold in a regulated market.
Celebrated St.Patty‘s Day with an Irish themed coffee flight!! 🍀🍀🍀
#LuckyInLove Day 17: This is my #BookCrush that I did not get to buy and take home with me from the Emirates Literature Festival two weeks ago.
Book 8 of my spotlight on fave graphic fic for #12booksof2023 is Mohamed's “Shubeik Lubeik.“ At a kiosk in Cairo 3 wishes are sold to strangers who are in vastly different life circumstances, but are each at a crossroads in life: one is dealing with depression, another is dealing with life after the loss of a loved one & the third is trying to maintain their religious principals. The artwork in this is fantastic, but it does not overshadow (cont)
SHUBEIK LUBEIK by Deena Mohamed
ROAMING by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
GHOST BOOK by Remy Lai
A MAN AND HIS CAT by Umi Sakurai
ROYAL CITY by Jeff Lemire
A SKY OF PAPER STARS by Susie Yi
THE NIGHT EATERS by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
LISTEN, BEAUTIFUL MARCIA by Marcello Quintanilha
