Article: An American in Cairo.

Cairo is a barren wasteland for comics fans. That is a sad, undeniable fact. No bookstore in the country houses a comics section. A small handful of graphic novels are haphazardly placed in the modern fiction book sections of the likes of Diwan and the AUC Bookstore. Up until this very day, Egypt has failed to take comic-books seriously.

Perhaps that's why I was surprised to spot a graphic novel entitled "Cairo" -- published by DC Comics' Vertigo --Aa buried in the bottom drawer of Al-Shorouk bookstore's barely noticeable comic section alongside more famous comics such as "V for Vendetta" by Alan Moore and, coincidently, a sole volume of Neil Gaiman's highly ...

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