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AK Comics presents a number of interesting Middle Eastern superheroes.

Contents 1 Background 2 Characters 3 Back to 4 References

Background

Given that most comicbook publishing would appear to have come from the United States and given that the United States has a relatively small proportion of people of Middle Eastern ancestry (0.42 percent of the U.S. population), perhaps it is not surprising that, thusfar, Arabs have been such a small minority in the reported superhero population. AK Comics, publishing out of Egypt, attempts to adjust perspective by presenting a group of superheroes with entirely Middle Eastern origins.

Characters

• Zein, the Last Pharaoh
• Aya, part lawyer, part vigilante-detective
• Jalila, protectoress of the City of All Faiths
• Rakan, superstrong survivalist

Back to

STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY subsection

References

The Official AK Comics
As reported in the Washington Post
Reviewed at Comics Bulletin
U.S. Census information at SEMP