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Bahraini superhero set for comic debut

October 21, 2006

By TARIQ KHONJI
MANAMA

A BAHRAINI superhero will be among the characters in comic books and animation projects by a Kuwait-based media company. Tashkeel Media Group's THE 99 comic book series is about the world's first superhero team based on Islamic culture.

Superhéroes del islam

October 21, 2006

Spanish Online Magazine

• Un cómic difunde entre los jóvenes árabes los valores de la historia y la cultura musulmanas Sus protagonistas encarnan las virtudes de los 99 nombres de Alá
• Sus protagonistas encarnan las virtudes de los 99 nombres de Alá
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From Mecca to Metropolis: Creating Superheroes for

October 18, 2006

Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Founder & CEO of the Teshkeel Media Group, spoke at The Fletcher School about the recent launch of his Islamic inspired comic book series, “The 99,” to the Middle East and beyond.

Islamic superheroes take aim at Muslim youth

October 16, 2006

The News - International
Pakistan

On Thursday he won the crucial blessing of Muslim clerics who manage a Bahrain investment bank. It approved $25 million to help finance his company, Teshkeel Media Group, and pay for plans to launch an animated “The 99” series for television. “If you look at the superheroes who exist in the world today, you have two groups: the group that comes out of North America and the group that comes out of Japan,” Al-Mutawa, who was born in Kuwait and spent much of his adult life in the United States, said during a visit to Boston.
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Publisher rolls out comics with message for young

October 16, 2006

THE STAR
South Africa
Last week he won the crucial blessing of Muslim clerics who manage a Bahrain investment bank.

It approved $25-million (about R195-million) to help finance his company, Teshkeel Media Group, and pay for plans to launch an animated THE 99 series for television.
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Superheroes of God

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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Enter the Islamic superhero

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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Islamic superheroes take aim at Muslim youth

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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Arts, Briefly: Islamic Superheroes

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.

Islamic superheroes take aim at Muslim youth

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.

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Bahraini superhero set for comic debut

Superhéroes del islam

From Mecca to Metropolis: Creating Superheroes for

Islamic superheroes take aim at Muslim youth

Publisher rolls out comics with message for young

Superheroes of God

Enter the Islamic superhero

Islamic superheroes take aim at Muslim youth

Arts, Briefly: Islamic Superheroes

Islamic superheroes take aim at Muslim youth

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