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The Documentary: Cairo in comics

Cairo In Comics

06/02/2024 GMT

Cairo in comics

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Cairo in comics

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

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

Modern Cairo is a crowded metropolis. The city’s ‘thousand minarets’ 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. They tell the stories behind their own books and comics - Tok Tok, Shubeik Lubeik, and A Bird's Eye View over Cairo. And how today, the city’s dedicated festival Cairo Comix has become an annual destination for artists and fans from around the world.

Producer: Clare Salisbury
Extra production by Nadeen Shaker

(Illustration: A Cairo street scene with cars and vendors. Credit: Deena Mohamed)

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