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Rejoice DC fans! There's a Malaysian character in the DC Universe!
Meet Munira Khairuddin. The martial arts expert and spy goes with the codename 'Obscura'.
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However, the character has been around for awhile now as Obscura made her first appearance on Batgirl Vol. 4 #32, which was published on 11 June, 2014
After her first appearance, Obscura was also featured in the two subsequent issues of Batgirl Vol. #4, and also in Batgirl Vol. #5.
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It was said that the character was inspired by a real Malaysian, and came about because writer Gail Simone wanted to counter the anti-Malaysian sentiments following the MH370 and MH17 aviation tragedies
Freelance writer Jaymee Goh wrote [on her blog](http://jhameia.dreamwidth.org/168960.html) that Munira Khairuddin was a character that was inspired by a person she knew in real life.
**"She's loosely based on an actual friend of mine, Munira Mustaffa, a Malay woman doing security studies in the UK right now with an eye for researching terrorism in SEAsia,"[Goh wrote](http://jhameia.dreamwidth.org/168960.html) on 14 December 2014.**
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