http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/comic-superheroes-future-islam.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:52:01 +0000 PSFK chats with Dr.Naif Al-Mutawa on the successful promotion of multiculturalism and tolerance via pop culture.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/%e2%80%98islamic%e2%80%99-smartphone-launched-headlines.html Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:07 +0000 Smartphone with a digital copy of the Koran and a compass permanently tuned towards Mecca is launched in India.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/monocolumn-water-fights-in-tehran-cause-uproar.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:25:38 +0000 In today's column from luxury magazine Monocle, when a water fight involving 3,000 people broke out in Tehran, police started to make several arrests, for no apparent reason.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/the-99-superheros-from-the-islamic-world.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:16:37 +0000 What first appears to be an average American-style comic book, on closer inspection is far from it.  Yes the hero’s in The 99 wear tights and sport massive, well-defined muscles; but each of the characters are superheros from the Islamic world,  representing the ’99′ qualities of Allah.  The series is a creation of Naif al-Mutawa, a Kuwaiti businessman and former writer who wanted to “focus on a concept that has core human universal values.” Also trained in psychology, al-Mutawa first thought about the ‘modern day hero’ whilst in New York, treating child torture victims from Iraq.  Reflecting on Saddam Hussein’sRead more...]]>