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Dust is one of the students at Xavier Institute and one of the New X-Men in training. She is recognized by that she always wears a Niqab instead of the traditional X-Men uniform.
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Origin
Dust is a mutant from Afghanistan. She was taken into captivity by slave traders who planned to sell her off as a mutant slave. When her capturers attempted to remove her headdress she lashed out at them, turning into her Dust form and stripping the flesh from their bodies. It was Fantomex who initially discovered her to rescue her. Wolverine had also been out to locate her, and assisted in killing the remainder of her would-be capturers and getting her to the safety of X-Corporation headquarters in Mumbai. While Wolverine was sleeping and allowing himself to heal she turned into her dust form, hiding all around the room. Jean Grey recognized telepathically that she was there and attempted to comfort her, but she would only say one thing: Turaab (meaning "Dust").
While at the Xavier institute, she befriended and joined the Hellions. Instead of wearing a traditional X-Uniform, she decided to keep her traditional clothing, an abaya and a niqab.
She was placed in Xorn's and when he asked her to join his new group and she refused, he controlled her dust form and forced her to destroy Cerebra.
After M-Day
During M-day, she was one of the 27 students to retain her powers.
After the effects of M-Day, Dust was one of the few students who didn't lose their powers. The depowered students and staff were sent home; however their bus was bombed by anti-mutant religious zealot Reverend William Stryker. Subsequently, Emma Frost had the surviving students engage in an all-in brawl, with those deemed to be the best performers assigned to a new team of trainee X-Men. Dust was among those students who made the grade.
Sooraya became a target of William Stryker's crusade against the Xavier Institute. Icarus gave her a note, which X-23 told Sooraya not to trust. When Icarus visited the church of William Stryker he was shown why Dust was his next target. Nimrod had a vision of an altered future in his memory banks which showed Dust killing all the Purifiers by turning into a sand storm and ripping the flesh from their bones. After entering the church of Reverend Stryker, she was shown being shot down, though it was revealed to be X-23 dressed in one of her burquas. When Stryker's team infiltrated the school, Dust reappeared, surprising Stryker and playing a key role in defeating his Purifiers.
Next during the next few arcs, Dust doesn't have the biggest role in the world, but does help take down Nimrod and battle the guys at Weapon X.
During the next arc, Quest For Magik, Dust helped fend off Belasco, which she does for a while with Mercury. While fighting Belasco, he states that her dust form is resistent to magic, as is her friend Mercury's mercury form.
Dust fought the Hulk with the other New X-Men in World War Hulk: X-Men. She was quickly taken out by the Hulk when he lifted a pipe from underground, spraying her with water.
Dust arm had been fractured while battling Belasco, but was fixed by Beast in the Children of the X-Men arc.
During Messiah Complex, Dust stays behind, choosing not to take part in attacking the Purifiers without permission. She then helps in the final battle.
Young X-Men
After the X-Men "disbanded", Dust returned to Afhganistan, and as seen in the first issue of the new series, Young X-Men, protects a small village from invading members of the Taliban. She is then recruited onto the new team along with old friends such as Rockslide by Cyclops.
House of M Dust
Powers
Dust can transform into a cloud of sand or dust. In this form she can propel herself through the air at great speeds. This form makes her particularly dangerous, as the microscopic edges of the sand particles act as tiny blades, stripping the flesh off an opponent. She can use this form to move through cracks and crevices, allowing her to venture where others cannot.
According to several different people, Dust's dust form is very hard to detect and effect telepathically.
Dust's main weakness is water, but has also been shown to have a vulnerability to air.
Even though Dust can control her dust cloud, it can be controlled by others who have abilities such as Telekinesis or Aerokinesis.
Dust's dust form is resistant to magic according to Belasco.
Outift
Dust is recognized by that she always wears an abaya and a niqab instead of the traditional X-Men uniform.
Status
Alternate Realities
Earth-58163
House of M - In this reality, Dust was extremely different, no longer did she wear he traditional Muslim clothing, she wore crop tops and tight jeans and was Jubilee (Wondra)'s best friend. They were both referred to as the 'shallow twins' and their main interests seemed to be the mall, fashion and boys. She never prayed or made reference to 'Allah' at all in this storyline and she seemed more American/Californian than Sunni. During a fight Dust had with Jubilee (enraged by the pheromones Wallflower sent her way to make Dust want to kill Jubilee), Dust denounced Jubilee, saying 'You claim to be my friend, but look at me, I'm a JOKE! I remember my life before I came to America, I had faith, I had MORALS' to which Jubilee (unaffected by the pheromones at the time) replied 'I helped you fit in' which is when Dust started using her powers against Jubilee and Dust exclaimed 'Fit in? You made me PATHETIC, a shallow mall rat like YOU, I'll KILL you!' Wallflower was killed by Mercury which ended the fight and Dust begged Jubilee for forgiveness, but what was said during the fight is the only reference made about how Dust is currently living in the original timeline/reality... with her strong faith and morals. Dust also seemed to be more aggressive in this alternate reality, and a lot less withdrawn.
Creators
Dust was created by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver.
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