Deena Mohamed

Born1995 (age 30–31)NationalityEgyptianKnown forShubeik LubeikWebsitewww.deenadraws.art

Deena Mohamed (, born ca. 1995) is a graphic designer, graphic novelist, and illustrator, who was born and raised in Egypt. She is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel trilogy Shubeik Lubeik.

She made her debut at the age of 18 with her webcomic Qahera, which combines both Islamic and feminist values.

Mohamed has collaborated with various advocacy groups, such as Harassmap and Centre for Applied Human Rights, to create informational comics.

Written works

Shubeik Lubeik Shubeik Lubeik is an urban fantasy graphic novel trilogy that explores an imagined modern-day Egypt in which wishes are sold in bottles. The graphic novel was originally published in Arabic and later translated into English and other languages. the webcomic follows a nameless Egyptian female superhero on the lookout for social issues faced by women in the Arab world. She has criticized sexual harassment, corrupt police, retrograde clerics, and Western feminism.

The series, which began as a joke amongst friends but soon became a viral phenomenon, had nearly 500,000 unique visitors, with an average of 10,000 hits per day between September and November 2013.

Visual works Mohamed has collaborated with various advocacy groups to create informational comics. Harassmap Consent Campaign A 2018 social media campaign that includes a series of short comics, in collaboration with Harassmap, about consent. Each comic strip discusses consent in various contexts. The lead for this project was Rebecca Chiao, the co-founder of Harassmap, a project aimed to bring awareness to sexual violence in Egypt.

Center for Applied Human Rights Comics A series of comic strips, illustrated by Mohamed, in which each depicts the response, from human rights defenders, to "What factors make you feel secure and insecure?". This project was in collaboration with The Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York and was led by Dr. Alice Nah.

Google Doodle In January 2020 Deena Mohamed was commissioned by Google to make Mufidah Abdul Rahman's 106th Birthday Doodle.

YouTube "Yoodle" In May, 2025 Mohamed was commissioned to make a "Yoodle" celebrating the Arab dessert kunafa. The doodle appeared on YouTube's homepage exclusively in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on May 18, 2025. It was illustrated by Mohamed and animated by freelance 2D animator Katherine Pryor.

Awards and recognition Best Graphic Novel and the Grand Prize at Cairo Comix Festival in 2017, for her first installment of Shubeik Lubeik.

Shubeik Lubeik has received widespread media praise.

Publications Shubeik Lubeik 1. Dar al-Mahrousa, Cairo, Egypt, 2018. Shubeik Lubeik 2. Dar al-Mahrousa, Cairo, Egypt, 2019. Shubeik Lubeik 3. Dar al-Mahrousa, Cairo, Egypt, 2021.

Translations

Shubeik Lubeik (US)/Your Wish Is My Command (UK), collecting all three installments of the series, translated by Deena Mohamed. Pantheon (US) and Granta Books (UK), 2023. Translations are also forthcoming in French, Italian, and Farsi.