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The Silver Scorpion

On Free Comic Book Day 2011, the Open Hands Initiative introduced the world to the Silver Scorpion, the first edition of the new comic book series developed by American and Syrian youth disability advocates who participated in the 2010 Youth Ability Summit. The “Silver Scorpion” is more than a superhero; it represents a new phase […]

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Silver Scorpion Comic Book Syria Programs

Launching a Superhero in Damascus

The following guest post is written by Dr. Valerie Karr, one of the experts who helped lead the Youth Ability Summit that took place in August 2010 in Damascus, Syria. Returning to Damascus this February for the launch of the Silver Scorpion comic book, I felt like I was coming home to close friends. Having […]

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Can a Superhero Conquer Prejudice and Create Understanding?

As a child, I was fascinated by comic books. The epic stories of good versus evil in a world parallel to our own captured my imagination and established a youthful ideal of justice I still possess. My old Spider-man, X-Men and Thor comics are now in storage somewhere, trapped in plastic sleeves, their well read […]