| Real Name : Nawaf Al Bilali
Height : 224 cm (powered up), 193 cm (powered down)
Weight : 193 kg (powered up), 95 kg (powered down)
Eye Colour : Brown
Hair Colour : Dark Brown
Home Country : Saudi Arabia
Base of Operation : Razem Institute, Paris
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October 15, 2006
Toronto Star, Canadian Online Magazine.
Aimed at young Muslims, the comic book series THE 99 blends fantasy with 13th century Mongol sacking of Baghdad.
 . . . .But the U.S.-educated Al-Mutawa hopes to create a new Islamic pop culture. His Kuwait-based company is also rolling out classic U.S. comic books from Archie to Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk to the Middle East in the Arabic language. . . . .
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| October 14, 2006
www.hindustantimes.com
India
Its creator, 35-year-old Naif Al-Mutawa, admits the series -- based on 99 heroes who embody the 99 attributes of God in Islam -- is tricky in a religion where attempts to personify God's power can spark protests and even death threats....
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| October 12, 2006
www.stuff.co.nz
New Zealand Online Magazine
BOSTON: In Saudi Arabia, a gawky teenager is transformed into a hulking creature. In Paris, a historian chases legends about mystical gemstones. In South Africa, a boy discovers a sparkling rock with healing powers.The characters are from a new genre of superheroes endowed with Muslim virtues and aimed at young Muslims in a comic book series called THE 99.
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Read more ... | October 10, 2006
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: October 9, 2006
In Saudi Arabia a gawky teenager is transformed into a hulking creature. In South Africa a boy discovers a sparkling rock with healing powers. These individuals are superheroes in a new comic book series, The 99, intended for young Muslims, Reuters reported. Inaugurated in July and trumpeted as the first superhero project derived from Islamic culture, the series was created by the Kuwaiti-born Naif al-Mutawa, 35, who studied at Tufts University and earned a doctorate in clinical psychology and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.Read more ... | October 9, 2006
Sun Oct 8, 2006 6:35 PM IST171
By Jason Szep
BOSTON (Reuters) - In Saudi Arabia, a gawky teenager is transformed into a hulking creature. In Paris, a historian chases legends about mystical gemstones. In South Africa, a boy discovers a sparkling rock with healing powers.
Read the article online.Read more ... | September 28, 2006
Unicorn announces US $25 m capital raising for TMG via private placement
Kuwait, September 27th, 2006 Teshkeel Media Group, KSC (TMG) announced today a comprehensive agreement with Unicorn Investment Bank (UIB) to advise and lead a second phase of capital raising. The agreement was announced by Majid Al-Sayed Bader Al-Refai, Managing Director and CEO of UIB, and Naif Al-Mutawa, CEO of TMG.
Read more ... | September 24, 2006
Thank you for being a guest on Holder Tonight. It was a pleasure to have you on the program to talk about the comic book series you have created, THE 99.
It is commendable that you should attempt to create a group of superheroes that would have an Islamic background. Not only does it give young Muslims a sense of pride in heroes they can read about, but it also gives a diversity lesson to those of us who are not Muslim in thinking about those who are in a different light to which we are accustomed. . . .
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| September 5, 2006
Every so often, comic books attempt to up their hipness quotient with ethnicity. The 1960s and '70s brought the first African-American superheroes - the Falcon, Black Panther, Black Lightning, and Luke Cage (think Shaft, only more invulnerable).
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| September 5, 2006
Featured article in a Kuwaiti Monthly "KUWAIT THIS MONTH".
The other day we were at the Virgin Megastore in Marina Mall watching a group of kids having their faces painted and posing in front of cardboard cut-outs of the latest superheroes to hit town. A couple of children were seated quietly in a corner devouring the pages of comic.
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| September 5, 2006
99ers Power
Superheroes based on Godly attributes strive to promote tolerance and understanding.
By FAHMIDA RASHID
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