Ms Marvel directors hope Marvel’s first Muslim superhero series inspires ‘a lot of girls in the world’ as well as people of any religion, race or genders
- Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teen who idolises Captain Marvel and gains superpowers of her own from a magic bangle
- Khan has to deal with her powers while navigating the two cultures she lives in, say directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who are also Muslims
The makers of Ms Marvel can feel the power of their new superhero series.
Muslim directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah can’t wait for audiences to experience Marvel Studios’ first project centring on a Muslim superhero, introducing the character Kamala Khan as a Pakistani-American teenager from Jersey City who obtains cosmic abilities.
“It reminds me of my sister, my nieces, [Adil’s] wife, our aunties,” says Fallah. “Now they have somebody that they can look up to that resembles them. I hope that it will inspire a lot of girls in the world, but at the same time, it’s also a universal story and I think it’s going to touch everybody, no matter the race, gender or religion.”
“It’s an origin story, so we just follow this teenage girl who is between two worlds, between her American culture and Pakistani-Islamic culture,” Fallah says.