Amy Roko does MDL Beast

Amy Roko takes on a journey across the MDL Beast festival in #Riyadh, a historic moment for youth culture in the Kingdom. Meanwhile, she talks to Fahad Al Saud about the steps he has made to change perceptions about the region through storytelling and entertainment in comic books.

Fahadalsaud.net19 August 2020Media, Cultural, Biographical, Events, Political, Social Change, Entrepreneur

A Saudi prince, a Miami DJ, and male burkas shared a runway at Berlin Fashion Week

When the Berlin-based Serbian designer Saša Kovačević, the creator of the five-year-old fashion line Sadak, set out to design this season’s collection, he wanted to create a post-modern version of an Islamic miniature—a millennia-old form of painting that depicted historical events in rich pigment and detail.

Backyard Creative16 August 2019Cultural, Events, Social Change

A Saudi Prince is Using Video Games to Fuel an Intellectual Renaissance in the Middle East

Terrorist, cartoon stereotype, evil oppressive dictator. It's through those lenses — those unfair representations of a complex, massive grouping of a wide variety of people and what they believe in — that much of the non-Arab world sees the population of the Middle East.

Backyard Creative2 August 2019Cultural, Media, Political, Social Change

Why 500 change-makers from around the world are coming to Helsinki to innovate for children

The world is changing fast. To meet the challenges all children are facing, we need innovations from the ground-up, developed by the people they aim to serve. We also need new types of partnerships and collaborations for scaling startups and taking local ideas global.

Backyard Creative29 July 2019Cultural, Events, Media, Social Change

NA3M Games: New Arab Media is Changing the Name of the Game

Fahad Al Saud, the grandson of Saudi Arabia’s King, was not satisfied with mainstream media representations of Arabs. So he founded NA3M Games, a gaming and multi-media incubator based in Amman and Copenhagen. NA3M, which stands for new Arab media, seeks to create and invoke change through innovation and creativity, creating Arabic entertainment online that is relatable.

Backyard Creative27 July 2019Cultural, Media, Social Change

How Developers Can Change Global Culture, One Game at a Time

During last week's Games For Change festival in New York, Prince Fahad Al Saud took the stage to shed some light on the power games and other popular media have to shape human culture, both in the Middle East and the world at large.

Backyard Creative26 July 2019Cultural, Media, Social Change

Ein saudischer Prinz bringt Frauen zum Rasen

Saudi-Arabien ist das einzige Land der Welt, in dem Frauen nicht ans Steuer dürfen. In einem Computerspiel brettern sie nun auf Motorrädern rum. Die Idee hatte ausgerechnet der Großneffe des Königs.

Backyard Creative24 July 2019Cultural, Media, Social Change

The Saudi Prince Who's Challenging Video Game Stereotypes

Commercial video games often show Middle Eastern people as the villains -- if they can tell the difference between different countries and languages at all. Prince Fahad Al Saud is aiming to help change that.

Backyard Creative19 July 2019Cultural, Social Change

How Can Computer Games Change Cultural Stereotypes?

When one thinks of catalysts of cultural change, Arabic video games are likely not the first thing that comes to mind. However, that could be quickly changing as game developers begin to see their audiences through a diverse cultural lens. This piece posted on the Gamasutra blog discusses how one Arab game company is working to change cultural perspectives through gaming.

Backyard Creative18 July 2019Cultural, Media, Social Change