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Cairo in comics

Cairo's young graphic novelists tell the modern story of their city.

Modern Cairo is a crowded metropolis. The city鈥檚 鈥榯housand minarets鈥� are now dwarfed by a new skyline of slick tower blocks. Modern highways fly over bustling kiosks where residents gather to smoke and buy soda drinks. Inspired by the lives of their neighbours, playing out among mosques, high rise buildings and on busy streets, Egyptian writers and graphic artists, including Deena Mohamed, Shennawy and Mohamed Wahba bring their thousand-year-old capital to life.

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