‘Sexualised’ niqab hero gets makeover after costume criticism

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Sara Alfageeh, from Boston, USA, has always loved comics. As a child, she used to “run home from the library with stacks of them”.

But the recent depiction of one character annoyed her so much she chose to take matters into her own hands.

In a tweet, Ms Alfageeh vented her frustration with the way the X-Men character Dust was drawn.

Dust, a mutant from Afghanistan, is described by Marvel as having a strong “respect for tradition”.

Ms Alfageeh shared an image of Dust and asked: “Who looked at a niqabi character and still gave her the latex costume treatment?”

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