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==Background==
==Background==
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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.
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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, Middle Easterners 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==
==Characters==

Current revision as of 21:20, 8 September 2009

AK Comics presents a number of interesting Middle Eastern superheroes.

AK Comics

Contents

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, Middle Easterners 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

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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

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