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From the Ted Talk by Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam

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(Laughter)

So I promised my ievnrosts this would not be another made-in-fifth-world-country production. This was going to be Superman, or it wasn't worth my time or their money. So from day one, the people involved in the project, bottom left is Fabian neiicza, writer for X-Men and Power Rangers. Next to him is Dan Panosian, one of the character creators for the modern-day X-Men. Top right is Stuart Moore, a writer for Iron Man. Next to him is John meccra, who was an ikner for Spiderman. And we entered wsetern cinconossuess with a tagline: "Next Ramadan, the world will have new heroes," back in 2005.

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So I promised my _________ this would not be another made-in-fifth-world-country production. This was going to be Superman, or it wasn't worth my time or their money. So from day one, the people involved in the project, bottom left is Fabian _______, writer for X-Men and Power Rangers. Next to him is Dan Panosian, one of the character creators for the modern-day X-Men. Top right is Stuart Moore, a writer for Iron Man. Next to him is John ______, who was an _____ for Spiderman. And we entered _______ _____________ with a tagline: "Next Ramadan, the world will have new heroes," back in 2005.

Solution


  1. consciousness
  2. inker
  3. western
  4. investors
  5. nicieza
  6. mccrea

Original Text


(Laughter)

So I promised my investors this would not be another made-in-fifth-world-country production. This was going to be Superman, or it wasn't worth my time or their money. So from day one, the people involved in the project, bottom left is Fabian Nicieza, writer for X-Men and Power Rangers. Next to him is Dan Panosian, one of the character creators for the modern-day X-Men. Top right is Stuart Moore, a writer for Iron Man. Next to him is John McCrea, who was an inker for Spiderman. And we entered Western consciousness with a tagline: "Next Ramadan, the world will have new heroes," back in 2005.

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  1. bottom
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