She has also published a graphic novel, cairo, with vertigo comics. It has magical creatures, confused young men, drug dealers, magicians, israeli soldiers and more. Perker posted on june 27, 2017 june 21, 2017 by danvillepubliclibrary this is a story of magical realism involving a disparate group of strangers brought together by a stolen hookah which is home to a jinn who is avoiding a magiciangangster who wants the box that the jinn is protecting. Willow wilson cairo is an urban fantasy set against the backdrop of the desert city of the same name. Download the butterfly mosque g willow wilson ebook cairo g. Willow wilson was born in new jersey in 1982 and raised in colorado. Wilson studied history and arabic at boston university, and has done archival work at the john f. Perker, and published by the vertigo imprint of dc comics. The butterfly mosque is the memoir of an american woman raised in a secular family who discovers the value of religion during her travels. Her first graphic novel, cairo published by vertigo in 2007, was written after living for a time in egypt, and was listed as a top graphic novel for teens.
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