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Archives: Popular Culture
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![Heresy & Superheroes: Broken legs, death threats and fatwas: the trials and tribulations of THE 99](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/heresy-superheroes-broken-legs-d-187x137.jpg)
Heresy & Superheroes: Broken legs, death threats and fatwas: the trials and tribulations of THE 99
By Naif Al-Mutawa Many years ago, I was the volleyball counsellor at a summer camp in New England. It was 1990 and I was fit for five minutes. It seems there’s always…![Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/putting-the-hero-back-in-superhe-187x137.jpg)
Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre
By A. David Lewis for for ISLAMiCommentary A. David Lewis Muslims don’t present a problem for superhero comics. They present a solution. A previous installment of “Comics & Dialogue” addressed an apparent…![repost-us-image-14452931](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/06/repost-us-14452931-187x137.jpg)
Harvard confirms antique book is bound in human skin
Harvard confirms antique book is bound in human skin (via AFP) Harvard University scientists have confirmed that a 19th century French treatise in its libraries is bound in human skin, Harvard University…![repost-us-image-13162192](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/05/repost-us-13162192-187x137.jpg)
You always knew it was a Gas Hog: Ben Affleck’s Batmobile to be a Hybrid
Ben Affleck Might Drive A Hybrid Batmobile (via Gas 2.0) Ben Affleck is slated to be the next Batman, and the Batmobile could get a major overhaul too. A hybrid Batmobile? Even…![Saudi Fatwa against “THE 99″ Tolerant Muslim Superhero Comics as “Evil”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/saudi-fatwa-against-the-99-toler-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Fatwa against “THE 99” Tolerant Muslim Superhero Comics as “Evil”
(By Naif Al-Mutawa) Seven years ago, THE 99 [super-hero comics] were granted approvals to Saudi Arabia. What began as a suspicious relationship, my not expecting approvals to begin with, and their suspicion…![Pherell’s “Happy” – Gaza Style](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/pherells-happy-gaza-style-187x137.jpg)
Pharrell’s “Happy” – Gaza Style
All we in the West ever hear about Gaza concerns the Hamas Party-Militia or the conflict between its Palestinians and the Israeli army. Some Gaza youth did a cover of Pharrell Williams's…![Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2″: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/screenwriters-on-total-info-awar-187x137.jpg)
Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2”: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”
(By Scott Huver) BAM! POW! ZAP!: The 'Winter Soldier' Screenwriters Dish About Their Story Decisions and Cap's Future (via Fandango Movie Blog) By: Scott Huver on April 11, 2014 at 3:01PM If you’ve…![CBS Taps Colbert To Replace Letterman, Limbaugh Bursts Into Flames](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/cbs-taps-colbert-to-replace-lett-187x137.jpg)
CBS Taps Colbert To Replace Letterman, Limbaugh Bursts Into Flames
SATIRE: CBS Taps Colbert To Replace Letterman, Limbaugh Bursts Into Flames (via Liberaland) This could be the single event that our grandchildren — well, the privileged ones who know how to read…![Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” video Decried as Blasphemous by Some Muslims](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/02/katy-perrys-dark-horse-video-dec-187x137.jpg)
Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” video Decried as Blasphemous by Some Muslims
Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" music video, set in ancient Egypt, has stirred controversy because of a scene where a man is struck down who is wearing a pendant with "God" (Allah) written…![A-Pop & Hip-Hop: “Wild Ones” – Myriam Fares and Flo Rida](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/02/a-pop-hip-hop-wild-ones-myriam-f-187x137.jpg)
A-Pop & Hip-Hop: “Wild Ones” – Myriam Fares and Flo Rida
"Wild Ones" by Myriam Fares & Flo Rida Last summer American rapper Tramar Lacel Dillard a.k.a. Flo Rida reprised his 2011 hit with Sia, "Wild Ones" with Lebanese pop star Myriam Fares…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-12.40.03-AM-1-187x137.png)
Daily Show on al-Qaeda & Syria Part Deux: That’s not how Bin Laden would have Killed Them
This part of the piece has the clip of my interview on the subject at Aljazeera America. Here is the second part of the Jon Stewart piece on the break between al-Qaeda…![Sochi Opening Ceremony Fireworks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/02/sochi-opening-ceremony-fireworks-187x137.jpg)
Sochi Opening Ceremony Fireworks
AFP footage of "Dazzling fireworks conclude Sochi opening ceremony"![Ms. Marvel Comics a lightning Rod for Islamophobic Intolerance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/02/ms-marvel-comics-a-lightning-rod-187x137.jpg)
Ms. Marvel Comics a lightning Rod for Islamophobic Intolerance
(By A. David Lewis for IslamiCommentary) A. David Lewis Kamala Khan is not the first Muslim superhero. She’s neither the first American Muslim superhero, the first teenage Muslim superhero, nor the first…![Egyptian Military Junta Jumps the Shark, Interrogates Islamist Muppet](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/01/egyptian-interrogates-islamist.html-187x137.jpg)
Egyptian Military Junta Jumps the Shark, Interrogates Islamist Muppet
(By Juan Cole) When the venerable al-Ahram newspaper, then under the control of the government of Hosni Mubarak, published the allegation during the 2011 revolution that the crowds were just coming down…![From Tahrir to New Orleans: Hope has not Failed, it has only Begun](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2013/12/tahrir-orleans-failed.html_-187x137.jpg)
From Tahrir to New Orleans: Hope has not Failed, it has only Begun
(By Rebecca Solnit) Hope, History, and UnpredictabilityBy Rebecca Solnit North American cicada nymphs live underground for 17 years before they emerge as adults. Many seeds stay dormant far longer than that before…![Top Five Differences between Duck Dynasty’s and Miley Cyrus](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2013/12/differences-between-dynastys.html-187x137.jpg)
Top Five Differences between Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson and Miley Cyrus
(By Juan Cole) Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal last week defended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson and slammed pop diva Miley Cyrus. He said, “The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints,…![Screen Shot 2013-12-21 at 3.30.54 PM](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-21-at-3.30.54-PM-187x137.png)
SNL: Not only is Santa Black, but one of his Reindeers is Gay
Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong make fun of Fox News' Megyn Kelly and her silly insistence that "Santa Clause is white." (See also IC's take on the controversy).![Video of the Day: Fox News wishes you ‘Happy Holidays’ (War on Christmas Fail)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2013/12/wishes-holidays-christmas.html-187x137.jpg)
Video of the Day: Fox News wishes you ‘Happy Holidays’ (War on Christmas Fail)
Cenk Uygur of Young Turks reports on Fox Cable News' hypocrisy in hyping a mythical "war on Christmas" that allegedly involves forbidding the phrase "Merry Christmas," and then turning around and using…![G. Willow Wilson on her Ms. Marvel Character as Muslim-American Superhero (BBC)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2013/12/character-american-superhero.html-187x137.jpg)