Cairo (comics)

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writers=G. Willow Wilson
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"Cairo" is the first graphic novel of G. Willow Wilson with art by Kutlukhan Perker, and published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Cairo | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 44 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]

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The story is set in contemporary Cairo, 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.

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.

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