Metro: A Story of Cairo
“For proof of the power of comics, look no further thanMetro... It is not hard to see why the dictatorship was alarmed by the novel. In a deft black-and-white portrait of Cairo and its neighborhoods, a thriller unfolds along the metro system, giving a powerful insight into why the revolution took place.”—Newsweek “There are twists and turns, murders and shadowy conspiracies… The Byzantine plot is saturated with a political commentary on the state of today’s Egypt, depicted as a deeply dysfunctional country whose citizens take government corruption and repression as a given.”—The National(Abu Dhabi) “A visual record of the zeitgeist, filled with poverty, sexual frustration, corruption, and abuse… Part thriller, part love story, part socio-political commentary.”—Daily News Egypt