A new interpretation of an old Marvel character has created an uproar among those who fear that reviving the character would spread offensive stereotypes about Arabs and the dehumanization of Palestinians in cinema.
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Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi The classic 1981 Marvel comic page shows the giant green Hulk, tears streaming down his face as he yells at Sabra, an Israeli superhero and agent of the country's Mossad spy agency. The corpse of a young Palestinian boy, killed in an explosion by apparently Arab"terrorists" at his feet.
"Boy died because boy's people and yours both want to own land! Boy died because you wouldn't share!" the Hulk says. A few panels later, the woman in the white and blue costume with a Star of David on her chest kneels next to the boy. "It has taken the Hulk to make her see this dead Arab boy as a human being," the comic says."It has taken a monster to awaken her own sense of humanity.
القبص على مقيم يمني ظهر في مقطع فيديو يحمل لافته داخل #المسجد_الحرام، مخالفاً أنظمة وتعليمات #العمرة. pic.twitter.com/EycIUIXw12 — إمارة منطقة مكة المكرمة September 12, 2022 Saudi authorities in the holy city of Mecca have arrested a man who said he was performing the Islamic pilgrimage for the soul of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The Mecca authorities late on Monday tweeted that security forces apprehended a Yemeni resident who had appeared in a video"violating rules" in the holy city's Great Mosque, where Muslims perform the Hajj pilgrimage, and the lesser pilgrimage called Umrah.
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