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Suleiman Bakhit
Suleiman Bakhit (Arabic: سليمان بخيت) is a Jordanian entrepreneur who produces superhero comics in various media for Arab youth. He has been described as "fighting to change how the West sees Arab youth — and how Arab youth see themselves — one superhero at a time."
==Early life and education==
Bakhit is the son of Marouf al-Bakhit, who served twice as prime minister of Jordan.〔 Bakhit has said that when he was a child, "I once had an art teacher who refunded my parents' money and advised me never to try again."〔 Suleiman studied at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work =LinkedIn )〕 His original intention was to study mechanical engineering, but after "a couple years," he reportedly "found it utterly intolerable." Instead, he chose to pursue a master's degree in human resources development. His graduation thesis on this subject was "adopted by the Jordanian government."〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work =The Accidental Career )〕
He was at the University of Minnesota when 9/11 occurred. As president of the university's international student union, he began an "awareness campaign" to combat anti-Arab prejudice. The campaign received considerable media attention and shortly afterwards, Bakhit has said, "four college kids attacked me on my way home late one night. They started with racial slurs, then attacked me with beer bottles. I suffered many scars and injuries that led to surgeries." He decided, "Well, either I pack my bags and go home to Jordan, or I do something. And I decided the best way to fight racism is to start with the young. So I began talking to schoolchildren ages 6 and 7 about Middle Eastern culture and what happened to me on 9/11, spreading a very simple message: Not all Middle Easterners are terrorists, and Al Qaeda is like the KKK."〔 Eventually he "started realizing that mythology and stories have such great power to bridge cultural divides"〔 and also "realized the power of empowering youth and women through positive role models in a medium they can relate to: comics."〔
In addition, he "realized that actually, no, there aren’t any Arab equivalents to Western superheroes. Yes, there’s Aladdin and Sinbad, but no one has ever done an animation or comic book based on the actual mythology from within the culture." This recognition led Bakhit to do "a couple of years of hardcore research, reading ancient texts, doing six month's archeological research in the Arab desert. I even learned Hebrew. I wanted to read Aramaic so I could read the Dead Sea Scrolls for inspiration. Meanwhile, I started to teach myself to draw, and came up with some characters based on my knowledge of Arab culture. It was a journey towards discovering my own culture more than anything else." Over time, he has said, he became convinced that his calling was to create "characters and stories based in Arab tradition to spread the culture of tolerance."
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