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Arab comics sudden intrest

It seem that the arab comic market is going to jump big time

First there is the first arab comic books , not a translated one but new heros and stories
heroes like Rakan, Lone Warrior and Aya, Princess od Darkness
from AK comics

And now the US Army is creating its own comic , and its for arabs !
as seen in this Business Opportunities page ( for contracts )
( why can’t we have something like that in kuwait ? )

The series will be based on the security forces, military and police, in the near future in the Middle East in cooperation with the Ministries of Interior of some of those countries. The comic series will be subject to change based on initial focus group testing of a prototype comic. If the subject matter for a specific comic does not do well in its intended focus group then it may be dropped and/or a new basis for the comic will be selected. There may be opportunities for this series to continue and additional comic series to be developed next year based on feedback from the first series.

The comic is being produced by US Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Fort Bragg is home to the army’s 4th Psychological Operations Group, known as “psy-op warriors”, whose weaponry includes radio transmitters, loudspeakers and leaflets.

BBC article on US army comic
BBC article on first arab comic

Of course it would join the list of many tries to jumpstart comic market in the arab world
like spiderman / x-men comic done in egypot in the 90’s
spiderman backup comic in grendizer comic
the superman / batman comic dones in egypt

geeky names ?

of course i don’t think anyone would do that here in kuwait , since it seem like everyone should the name pool in the family and try not to go out of it
most are named on his father father name or his mother father name , same goes for female names
i’m not out of that tradition

but in the USA , my god they use some truly geeky names
for example we have Optimus Prime , who serve in the national guard
and now we have Firiona Vie , named after a character from sony online game Everquest

what geeky name would you want to name your child ?

Arabic Apprentice

Well, everyone was bombarded with ads about the Arabic version of the Apprentice
With Mohammed Ali Alabbar, I’m sure a lot would say who? Since the original version in American is hosted by Donald Trump ranking 205 of the richest men on earth with 2.5 billion

I have seen some episode of the Apprentice , and I think that the thing that pull people to watch is that the host is known , not only is he a billionaire , he is a famous one , why couldn’t they do the same with the Arabic version .

not only the guy isn’t rich ( which in the end how people know you made it in business ) but he was for the longest time of his age a government worker , and in every place , the government isn’t the best place for business minds

They could have gone with people who are self made , and forbs list is full of them
Like Mohamed A Al-Bahar , Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud , Saleh Kamel or Khalaf Al Habtoor

You know, having made it big make you more believable to the people, ask you self this
Who would you take for stock advice, me or Jassim Al-Bahar.

Kuwait Vs Uzbekistan

yes today at 8 Pm local time kuwait national soccer team play Uzbekistan to try and reach world cup 2006 .

Today is very important for the national team , if they win they increase thier chance to go on and reach 2006 world cup in germany

If they lose , the golden chance is lost , and it would another to point to add to the shame and faliure list of the
Kuwait football Association
Kuwait football Association

good luck Al-Azraq ( الازرق ) , hopefully i can come and take some picture for you people to watch 😛