Have You Met Dust?
January 23, 2008
Dust (real name Sooraya Qadir) is an adolescent Sunni Muslim girl who possesses the mutant power to turn herself into a sand-like substance. Born in Afghanistan, Sooraya is kidnapped by a slave-trading ring after she is separated from her mother. While one of her slavers tries to remove her niqāb, she instinctively lashes out with her powers and flays them all alive with her dust form before passing out. She is subsequently discovered and rescued by Wolverine and Fantomex.
Yep, you read that right: she’s a Marvel character! You can read more about her here. This news is courtesy of my Marvel-fanatic friend :]
Entry Filed under: Cartoons & Anime. Tags: afghanistan, characters, comics, dust, ksa, marvel, muslim, qadir, saudi arabia, sooraya, sunni.
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1.
chikapappi | January 23, 2008 at 11:51 pm
impressive!!
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Sou | January 24, 2008 at 12:38 am
Now would you look at how she’s portrayed. *rolls eyes* Because you know, that’s exactly the way every single Muslim woman out there looks like *rolls eyes again*
3.
Marzouq | January 24, 2008 at 1:02 am
That is really cool!
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forzaq8 | January 24, 2008 at 1:27 am
/put on geek hat on
yes but right now she is a minor char in X-men comics ( she actually show in one )
they do show her face more than once , she tried to play that she is Muslim once when the mutant kids were attacked by Stryker’s Purifiers
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Big-tummies supporter | January 24, 2008 at 3:02 am
Hopefully, they didn’t rescue her from a “beit sha3ar” in some desert, that has no traces of civilization.
Just like the other 38570894803 movies that has been previously made, that portraid us arabs as some under-civilized retards.
just like the movie “transformers”.. man that ticked me off!
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3baid | January 24, 2008 at 4:07 am
Sou, she’s Saudi; this is what is expected of women to wear there. Besides, it wouldn’t look as cool if she had regular casual clothes on, right? :P
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Q80-ChillGirl | January 24, 2008 at 8:12 am
With a real Afghani name too!
Never thought that the niqab would go this far ;p
8.
eshda3wa | January 24, 2008 at 10:44 am
real cool
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greyshorts | January 24, 2008 at 2:02 pm
That’s very open minded of them
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Rashisha | January 24, 2008 at 3:09 pm
coool :)
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kaileena | January 24, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Shocking..
12.
Sushi | January 25, 2008 at 12:47 am
weird, might be nice…
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suspic | January 26, 2008 at 5:16 am
I must say, even though she’s a stereotype, it’s awesome. I’m surprised they didn’t give her bush eyebrows though.
“Citizenship
Afghanistan, legal immigrant to the U.S.A
Known Relatives
Mirah Qadir (mother), unidentified father”
Bint el7raam!!! At least she’s legal..?
14.
MacaholiQ8 | January 26, 2008 at 8:15 am
I can’t wait to see her character make a debut on X-men movie sequel. LMAO!
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Sushi | January 26, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Machaholi yeah, here’s a scene from the movie:
Sooraya: “Brovessor Y I mean X, giv me baber I want write you something”.
Professor X: “You don’t need to write child, speak and all of Xaviar will hear you”.
Sooraya: “I throw dust your face, little moral you - ALLAHU AKBAAAR!!”
(side note: And thereupon the dark sooraya swiftly jumps in midair, unleashing her long Arabian sword which was stolen from the legendary Alladin and thusted it into professor X’s heart causing him sudden and instant death. And there you have it dear leaders, it is the invincible Sooraya and not Bishop that actually murdered professor X”.
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Sushi | January 26, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Scene Two:
Sooraya & Cyclops stand face to face…
Cyclops: “You can never compete with my powers you little *beeep* ”
(Cyclops flashes his laser eyes towards Sooraya but Sooraya quickly dodges)
Sooraya: “My turn now….”
(Sooraya elegantly picks up the tip of her burkka and goes …
Sooraya: Tfo tfo tfo (3 spits)
(Cyclops falls on the ground and dies)
MMMUUAHAHAHAHHHAHAH *I’m under caffein influence*
17.
3baid | January 26, 2008 at 5:46 pm
@_@
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MacaholiQ8 | January 27, 2008 at 12:14 am
Sushi
lmao! You should sign a contact with Marvel! xD
19.
Outkasty | January 28, 2008 at 1:04 am
inzain laish il-3abaya imkhsara?
20.
Fayoora | January 28, 2008 at 12:55 pm
LOL @ Sushi! :P
interesting shsma
21.
Ms. D | February 2, 2008 at 6:02 pm
from her niqab i can tell shes not native to the asian continent or to the middle east region… WHO R DEY TRYIN TO FOOOOL ;)
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aja leith | June 23, 2008 at 12:22 pm
actually after reading the comics she’s pretty cool