DEENA MOHAMED is an Egyptian designer, illustrator, and writer. She first began making comics at 18, when she created the viral webcomic Qahera, a satirical superhero strip starring a visibly Muslim superheroine. Shubeik Lubeik, Mohamed’s debut graphic novel, was originally published in Arabic by Dar el Mahrousa in Egypt and was awarded Best Graphic Novel and the Grand Prize at the 2017 Cairo Comix Festival. Mohamed lives in Egypt.