Cairo’s Animals حيوانات القاهرة

Cairo's Animals is a ten-page work, based on Ahmed Naji's novel "Using Life", and illustrated by Ayman Zorkany. These images appear during the novel, at a moment where the city of Cairo has just undergone a sand tsunami, and a new capital was born in the heart of the desert. These text-image plates invoke a world of magical realism that talks of monsters, beasts and treasures in Cairo

The novel was first published in Arabic in 2014, with translations into English and Italian. In 2016, Ahmed Naji was imprisoned for a year, because of the publishing of a chapter from the novel. Critically considered to be one of the most important works in Arabic literature today, this collection of texts and images represents a new rendition of the original book into a series of NFTs

حيوانات القاهرة هو عمل مكون من عشر صفحات من رواية "استخدام الحياة" لأحمد ناجى مع رسومات أيمن الزرقانى. تمثل تلك الصفحات فصل بعنوان "حيوانات القاهرة"، تظهر تلك الكائنات ضمن أحداث الرواية في فترة التحول التى تلت غرق القاهرة في تسونامى الرمال، وظهور العاصمة الجديدة في الصحراء. تقوم هذه اللوحات والنصوص المصاحبة لها بنسج عالم سحري يستحضر وحوش وكنوز المدينة

صدرت الرواية لأول مرة بالعربية في 2014، ترجمت إلي الإنجليزية والإيطالية. في عام 2016 سجن أحمد ناجى لمدة عام بسبب نشر فصل من الرواية. تعتبر من أهم الاعمال الأدبية العربية المعاصرة، وتمثل هذه المجموعة الفنية إعادة تخيل للرواية في صورة رموز غير قابلة للاستبدال

Wild Rhinoceros
Text and Image, by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346192642369126403
Smart Contract Address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Biological Taxi
Text, and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346193741880754179
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Cockroaches
Text, and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany


Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346194841392381955
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Dervishes
Text, and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346195940904009731
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Eel, or The Catfish-Artist
Text, and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346197040415637507
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

The Tiger Shaikh
Text and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346222329183076355
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

The Chump
Text and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346223428694704131
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

The Girl In The Veil
Text and Drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346224528206331907
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

The Egyptian Woman of Today
Text and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346221229671448579
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

The Black Rat
Text and drawing by Ahmed Naji and Ayman Zorkany

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346225627717959683
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

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