When the news broke about the new Ms. Marvel being a teenage Muslim girl named Kamala Khan, you probably thought to yourself that this would be a superhero comic about someone unfamiliar to you. As it turns out, you probably have more in common with Kamala than you’d think. She’s a high school girl who is obsessed with the Avengers, wants to go to parties with all the popular kids, and doesn’t always get along well with her family. Writer G. Willow Wilson knocks the debut of Ms. Marvel out of the park not by showcasing how she is made different by her Muslim faith, but by investing you in her vibrant, relatable character.
Kamala has been raised Muslim, but she is painted as someone who is uncomfortable with it. In fact, she doesn’t like the “weird holidays,” the pakoras in her lunchbox, or the fact that she can’t eat bacon. She’s a Pakistani-American girl from Jersey City who desires to be like those around her instead of her traditionally Muslim family. Her sister, brother, and mother appear to strictly follow their religion, while her father has a good time jesting about it. That doesn’t stop him from denying Kamala permission to attend a party, however.
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