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A Western Twist on Middle East Literary Traditions

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.

THE 99 featured in Kuwaiti Weekly "Al Haraka"

November 22, 2006

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THE 99 featured in " EmiratesTodayOnline.com"

November 20, 2006

November 19, 2006

The Islamic World gets set for a colourful new chapter.

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Constructive Comic Characters

November 18, 2006

www.aspeninstitute.org
By Naif Al-Mutawa

In the late 1990s, I was working on my doctorate in clinical psychology while training at New York’s Bellevue Hospital’s Survivors of Political Torture Unit.

Being a native Arabic speaker, many of the patients assigned to me were those who had been tortured in Arab prisons.

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CNBC - Middle East Business Magazine features THE

November 8, 2006

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THE 99 featured article in " Millionaire "

November 8, 2006

OUR HEROES WONT USE WEAPONS. THEY WILL USE THEIR MINDS, EYES, EARS. HEROES THAT PROMOTE WAR AND VIOLENCE ARE NOT SOMETHING I WANT FROM MY CHILDREN ... WE WON'T SAY 'DON'T DO IT'. WE JUST WON'T HAVE IT.

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استقبلتهم أسواق الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا

November 7, 2006

«تشكيل» أعادت الأبطال الـ 99 الخارقين من جديد
اعلنت مجموعة تشكيل للاعلام عن اصدار السلسلة الشهرية لقصص شخصياتها المحبوبة من الابطال الخارقين الـ99، وقد ظهر بالفعل في اسواق منطقة الشرق الاوسط وشمال افريقيا العدد الاول من هذه السلسلة، حيث تضم المجلة مغامرات الابطال الـ99 الذين ينتمون الى 99 بلداً مختلفاً والذين يتمتع كل واحد منهم بقوى خارقة يمنحه اياها حجر من الاحجار الكريمة التي تحتوي على المعارف التي ضمتها المكتبة الاسلامية الاسطورية العريقة المعروفة باسم «دار الحكمة».

Allahs Superkrafte

October 29, 2006

Die islamische Welt hat keine Superhelden, stellte der Kuwaiti Al-Mutawa fest und machte sich daran, gleich 99 Comic-Charaktere zu erschaffen. Sie sollen den Lesern islamische Werte näher bringen - jede Figur steht für eine der Eigenschaften Allahs.

You Gotta Have Faith

October 29, 2006

By CAROLYN SAYRE
TIME Magazine

We knew about beatification and canonization--but when did animation become one of the stages en route to sainthood? Last week the Vatican released John Paul II: Friend of All Humanity, an earnest if weirdly drawn educational cartoon for children about the adored Pontiff.

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