| Real Name : Nizar Babikr
Height : 165 cm
Weight : 70 kg
Eye Colour : Brown
Hair Colour : Brown
Home Country : Sudan/France
Base of Operation : Razem Institute, Paris
Occupation : Adventurer . . .Read more . . . |
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January 11, 2007
Saudi Aramco World
January/February 2007
Written by Piney Kesting
Illustrated by Teshkeel Media Group
“It was a time of dark and light,” begins the story. It is set in the year 1258, with the Mongol army poised for plunder outside Baghdad. In desperation, keepers of the great libraries forge 99 magical stones, the Noor Stones, into which they pour the wisdom of the ages. The stones are then lost—until now, as young people around the world start finding them and discovering that each stone gives its bearer a superpower: one of the 99 attributes of God, as revealed in the Qur’an. THE 99 is the first international comic series based on Islamic archetypes.
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| December 16, 2006
Radio Sawa is a 24-hour, seven day a week Arabic-language network and broadcasts accurate, timely and relevant news about the Middle East, the world and the United States.
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| December 7, 2006
THE 99 brand has been one of the world's best-received action brands since its debut in early 2006. Global media attention has included feature coverage in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, TIME MAGAZINE, LE MONDE and LA REPUBBLICA.
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| December 7, 2006
Teshkeel Media Group, the Kuwaiti-based media and entertainment company, and Montichelvo Industrial, S.A., a leading manufacturer of gift and stationery products, announced today a license that grants Montichelvo Spanish and Portuguese rights (as well as non-exclusive MENA rights), to develop "Back to School" stationery and gift products based on Teshkeel's major character franchise, THE 99.
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| December 4, 2006
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| November 27, 2006
by Steve Inskeep
Morning Edition, November 24, 2006
Two comic writers are breaking tensions with their unique interpretations of the Middle East. In American Bill Willingham's new graphic novel, 1001 Nights of Snowfall, he creates an American version of the Middle Eastern classic Book of 1001 Nights -- starring Snow White. Meanwhile, Kuwaiti writer Naif al-Mutawa has a new comic series about the attributes of Allah. But his main characters are western-style superheroes. Steve Inskeep reports.
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The Islamic World gets set for a colourful new chapter. 
