In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, 34-year-old author Fahad Al Saud discusses his new comic, the first in Saudi Arabia to feature a female superhero.
Read MoreHer name is Latifa (meaning “kind” in Arabic), yet she is ruthless and vindictive, living in a revolting future world. Latifa, Saudi Arabia’s first female comic superhero, and her dystopian universe are the brainchild of Fahad Al-Saud, CEO and creative director of award-winning gaming and transmedia incubator Na3am (New Arab Media).
Read MoreIn their new book Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World, Asi Burak and Laura Parker make a compelling case that video games can have a positive impact on a global scale. I asked Asi to speak with me about his experience co-authoring Power Play and ways we can support games and gaming for good.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia recently held its first Comic-Con, and it featured content with strong female protagonists. At any other Comic-Con this wouldn’t be considered remarkable, but Saudi Arabia is one of the most gender-segregated countries in the world.
Read MoreRepresentation in comics has rightly become a hot button issue in recent years, but one of the most important aspects of that representation is that people from all over the world have the space and ability to tell stories that reflect their culture and heritage.
Read MoreIn Saudi Arabia women are not allowed to take the wheel. But in a video game, they ride motorcycles. It's an idea conceived by the grandson of the king’s brother.
Read MoreA Saudi Arabian Prince is using a simple relaxation tool we take for granted here in the United States as a way to break down barriers for how the world views the Middle East. According to Fahad Al Saud in his keynote speech at the Games for Change Festival in New York last week, a middle eastern gaming company called NA3M was created in order to change the landscape of Arab entertainment online through means of comics, educational software, and, of course, video games.
Read MoreTerrorist, 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.
Read MoreSaudi Arabian women this year will finally get the right to drive. It will just have to be in a post-apocalyptic world filled with baboon kings, crystal giants, fire dancers, mutants and zombie cybersoldiers.
Read MoreThinking of getting the GTHQ team a Christmas present this year? This item is at the top of our list! It’s a new video game from developers Na3m called Saudi Girls Revolution and features women driving, killing villains and defeating evil cyborgs. It will be released at the end of the year.
Read MoreVideo games are a multi-billion-dollar industry, with the global gaming market projected to reach over $113B by 2018, according to the analyst firm Newzoo. In the MENA region, the video game market is burgeoning, with an expected annual growth rate of 29 percent.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreFahad 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.
Read MoreDuring 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.
Read MoreSaudi-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.
Read MoreThe revolution is coming … and by that we mean the video game, Saudi Girls Revolution. The mobile video game will feature Saudi Arabian women who speed around on motorcycles to fight the nefarious leaders of an Arabian Empire in a dismal, post-apocalyptic world.
Read MoreWhen 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.
Read MoreAs of right now, the only way Saudi Arabian women are allowed to drive is by motorcycle – in the upcoming game, Saudi Girl Revolution.
Read MoreIBCTVNEWS 2013. Interview with His Highness Prince Fahad bin Faisal Al Saud.
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