WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION 2023 A brilliantly original debut graphic
novel that imagines a fantastical Cairo where wishes really do come true... Your Wish is My
Command is the story of three people who are navigating a world where wishes are literally for
sale. Mired as they are 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 but when she loses her husband and
manages to procure a wish she finds herself fighting unreasonable regulations and inequality
for the right to have - and make - that wish. Nour is a privileged college student who secretly
struggles with depression and must decide whether or not to use their wish to try to 'fix' this
depression. And finally Shokry must grapple with his religious convictions as he decides how
to help a friend who doesn't want to use their wish. Although their stories are fantastical
each of these people wrestles with the very real challenge of trying to make their most deeply
held desires come true.
