The award-winning first part of the trilogy, Aziza, introduces us to an imagined modern-day Cairo, where first class wishes are sold in bottles, and third class wishes are sold in cans. Unfortunately, the majority of the population can only afford third class wishes, which have been banned in Europe and by the government because they are highly unpredictable and often come true in damaging or ineffective ways.
Aziza is a serious young woman, a hard worker whose life experience has taught her never to let her guard down; still, she allows herself to be wooed by Abdo, a boy she has grown up with who loves Aziza and life wholeheartedly. When Abdo is suddenly taken from her, Aziza, who has never believed in buying wishes before, seeks out a local kiosk which she has been told is selling first class wishes at a deep discount.
Aziza is a story about loss and regret; it is also a story about our deepest desires and the human right to have, and make, wishes.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor:Deena Mohamed is an Egyptian illustrator and designer. Her debut graphic novel, Shubeik Lubeik, is an urban fantasy about wishes. It is published in Arabic in Egypt by Dar El Mahrousa and was awarded Best Graphic Novel and the Grand Prize of the Cairo Comix Festival (2017.) It was part of the exhibition on Contemporary Arab Comics at the Museum of Comics (musée de la bande dessinée) in Angoulême, where she was also an artist-in-residence for three months. She works and lives in Cairo.
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