Your Wish Is My Command

A brilliantly original debut graphic novel that imagines a fantastical Cairo where wishes really do come true. Deena Mohamed brings to life a cast of characters whose struggles and triumphs are heartbreaking, inspiring, and deeply resonant.

Your Wish Is My Command is the story of three people navigating a world where wishes are literally for sale. Mired in bureaucracy and the familiar prejudices of our world, the wishes that are more expensive are more likely to work as intended.

Three wishes sold at an unassuming kiosk in Cairo link Aziza, Nour, and Shokry, changing their perspectives as well as their lives:

• Aziza: Learned early that life can be hard. After losing her husband and procuring a wish, she fights unreasonable regulations and inequality for the right to have—and make—that wish.
• Nour: A privileged college student secretly struggling with depression, must decide whether to use their wish to try to 'fix' this condition.
• Shokry: Grapples with his religious convictions while deciding how to help a friend who doesn't want to use their wish.

Although their stories are fantastical, each character wrestles with the very real challenge of making their most deeply held desires come true.

Pages: 528 | Release Date: 12/01/2023