2 - year - old ▁art ▁student ▁De ena ▁Moh amed . ▁The ▁e pon ym ous ▁protagon ist , ▁a ▁hij ab - cl ad ▁super h ero ine , ▁is ▁an ▁Egypt ian ▁super h ero . ▁The ▁series , ▁which ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁jo ke ▁amongst ▁friends ▁but ▁soon ▁became ▁a ▁vir al ▁phenomen on , ▁de als ▁with ▁issues ▁such ▁as ▁sexual ▁har ass ment , ▁mis og yn y , ▁Islam oph ob ia , ▁and ▁Islam ist ▁cultural ▁att itudes , ▁all ▁often ▁within ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 – 1 3 ▁Egypt ian ▁protest s . ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁" Q ah era ", ▁the ▁femin ine ▁version ▁of ▁" q ah er ", ▁means ▁conquer or , ▁van qu isher , ▁or ▁triumph ant ; ▁ال ق ا ه ر ة ▁( al - Q ā hi rah ▁or ▁al - Q ah era ) ▁is ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁for ▁the ▁city ▁C airo ▁itself , ▁where ▁the ▁story ▁takes ▁place . ▁Moh amed ▁named ▁the ▁character ▁as ▁such ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁powerful ▁mean ings ▁and ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁direct ▁reference ▁to ▁Egypt . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁The ▁Daily ▁Be ast , ▁Moh amed ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁struck ▁her ▁very ▁fitting ▁" because ▁it ▁has ▁so ▁many ▁powerful ▁mean ings : ▁van qu isher , ▁destroy er , ▁om n ip ot ent . ▁It ' s ▁a ▁great ▁name ▁for ▁a ▁super h ero , ▁honest ly ,