"Are you an Egyptian superhero?" asked an astonished young woman in Arabic after a mysterious crusader saves her life in the finale of Marvel's "Moon Knight."
"I am," answers the striking female figure, her golden wings glinting like knife blades as she relaunches herself into an epic battle with the ancient Egyptian goddess Ammit on the bustling streets of Cairo.
And with that, Disney's six-part streaming series, culled from the lore around a relatively obscure comic book figure, revealed its special power: native intelligence. "Moon Knight" breaks tradition by making Egyptians and their history central to the story, replacing Western narratives about a strange and magical land defined by spooky rituals and timeless myths.
