'Shubeik Lubeik' imagines a world where you can buy and sell wishes
Podcast: NPR's Book of the DayPublished On: Wed Feb 01 2023
Description: In Arabic, the rhyme Shubeik Lubeik means "your wish is my command." So it's an apt title for a new graphic novel by Deena Mohamed, which explores a world in which wishes are commodified and classified for consumption. Cheap wishes are packaged and sold in cans, while expensive wishes belong in bottles. In today's episode, Mohamed explains to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how this system is meant to illustrate the ways wealth already works in our society, and how difficult it can be to decide what wishes are worth hoping for.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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