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# GOING GRAPHIC: Birdie reports the popular success of Kuwaiti-based superheroes comic book "The 99" around the Arabic Middle East. Published by Teshkeel Comics, it features "the well-muscled heroes (Jabbar and Darr) and adorable heroines (Mumita and Noora) who fill the pages with their adventures." More at the CSMonitor by Megan A Wong. [csm]

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# Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
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# Two new novels about Iraq
reviewed by Benjamin Lytal. [nys]

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