What is "qahera"

Qahera is a webcomic produced by 19-year-old art student Deena Mohamed. The eponymous protagonist, a hijab-clad superheroine, is an Egyptian superhero. (Qahera, the feminine version of qaher, means conqueror, vanquisher, or triumphant; القاهرة (al-Qāhirah  or al-Qahera) is the Arabic for Cairo itself.) The series, which began as a joke amongst friends but soon became a viral phenomenon, has dealt with issues such as sexual harassment and misogyny, and Islamophobia and Islamist cultural attitudes, all often within the context of on-going Egyptian protests. Aimed at a Western audience, it is published primarily in English and translated into colloquial Egyptian Arabic.