The 99 is pivotal to the Islamic children in the world. The 99 is important because it gives role models to Islamic children. The characters in the comic face challenges of most Arabs by day and fight for their religion by night. The 99 is comic book created by Naif Al-Mutawa. In his story, knowledge is contained in 99 gemstones, which were created by the librarians of Dar Al-Hikma. The 99 gemstones choose characters in the story and give these characters’ special powers based on the 99 attributes of Allah. At first the characters start using the special powers for themselves. Throughout this comic Naif Al-Mutawa is trying to educate people through morals. Three morals that Naif Al-Mutawa wants to educate people about are collaboration,
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We can see evidence for this in his comic, where characters often misuse their powers when working alone and use their powers for good when working together (Al-Mutawa, “Superheroes Inspired by Islam”). Other examples of Naif Al-Mutawa used to teach the idea of collaboration is when the librarians build the fortress of knowledge to create it they had different thoughts and beliefs. It was more difficult to build the fortress of knowledge but the process made it stronger. Also if Rughal has collaborated and shared the gemstones he might have not got hurt. Also the 99 combine individual Muslim virtues to make the unity of Allah. 2 types of superheroes: Judeo-Christian archetypes of individuals with enormous power like Superman, or the Japanese type of small characters that rely on each other to because powerful like Pokémon. (Fattah 1) The 99 are like Pokémon, they rely on each other to become more powerful. Also the goal of the 99 is to teach kids that there is more than one way to solve a problem, through teamwork, individuality etc. This is only one example of the many morals Naif wants to …show more content…
We can see evidence for this in Naif Al-Mutawa’s comic The 99, in which Naif creates superheroes are attached to young people in the middle east roots and their customs (Fattah 2). Also The 99 helps find a balance between the East and the West. (Fattah 2). The 99 combine individual Muslim virtues, The 99 try to change the stereotype of Islam and its people. The comic creates role models that fit both their Arab and western sides, the plot of the 99 is similar to stories and history familiar to Muslim youths. The comic is similar to deep historic connections, “To create the new, you have to tap into the old.” (Fattah 3). In the comic no religion will be perceived as better than another. (Fattah 4) This is good because it teaches children that no religion is better than another. As Fattah quotes on page 2 of his newspaper article “This is a way to compete with hate.” Each character teaches a moral, this is important because it gives a variety of role models to look up-to just like the western such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman and others. Another moral Naif Al-Mutawa wants to teach is
We can see evidence for this in his comic, where characters often misuse their powers when working alone and use their powers for good when working together (Al-Mutawa, “Superheroes Inspired by Islam”). Other examples of Naif Al-Mutawa used to teach the idea of collaboration is when the librarians build the fortress of knowledge to create it they had different thoughts and beliefs. It was more difficult to build the fortress of knowledge but the process made it stronger. Also if Rughal has collaborated and shared the gemstones he might have not got hurt. Also the 99 combine individual Muslim virtues to make the unity of Allah. 2 types of superheroes: Judeo-Christian archetypes of individuals with enormous power like Superman, or the Japanese type of small characters that rely on each other to because powerful like Pokémon. (Fattah 1) The 99 are like Pokémon, they rely on each other to become more powerful. Also the goal of the 99 is to teach kids that there is more than one way to solve a problem, through teamwork, individuality etc. This is only one example of the many morals Naif wants to …show more content…
We can see evidence for this in Naif Al-Mutawa’s comic The 99, in which Naif creates superheroes are attached to young people in the middle east roots and their customs (Fattah 2). Also The 99 helps find a balance between the East and the West. (Fattah 2). The 99 combine individual Muslim virtues, The 99 try to change the stereotype of Islam and its people. The comic creates role models that fit both their Arab and western sides, the plot of the 99 is similar to stories and history familiar to Muslim youths. The comic is similar to deep historic connections, “To create the new, you have to tap into the old.” (Fattah 3). In the comic no religion will be perceived as better than another. (Fattah 4) This is good because it teaches children that no religion is better than another. As Fattah quotes on page 2 of his newspaper article “This is a way to compete with hate.” Each character teaches a moral, this is important because it gives a variety of role models to look up-to just like the western such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman and others. Another moral Naif Al-Mutawa wants to teach is