Suleiman Bakhit

Suleiman Bakhit** is a CVE narrative and Heroism expert. Described by the NY Times as a real “action hero”, Bakhit focuses his work on countering violent extremism (CVE) narratives and mythology using Heroism as an antidote to extremism by developing stories and Heroes based on narratives of hope, tolerance, gender equality, and service to others. Bakhit is also a best selling comic book creator. In 2010 Bakhit led the largest CVE narrative initiative in the Middle East publishing more than 1.2M comics reaching more than 3M youth in Jordan. During the Libyan revolution in 2011, Bakhit led a humanitarian initiative that provided thousands of injured Libyan civilians access to urgent medical care in Jordan. Bakhit is also a well known philanthropist in Jordan. His initiative Amani fulfills wishes of terminally ill children (especially cancer patients). He has fulfilled more than 50 wishes and has been named Donor of the Year at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan for this initiative. Bakhit is a thought leader and an international speaker on CVE speaking at the White House CVE summit, World Economic Forum, Oslo Freedom Forum, “THE” conference, and NY Comicon. Bakhit is also TED fellow. Talks & Press: Superheroes Against Extremism - Oslo Freedom Forum Hate and Heroism - “THE” Conference Addressing Violent Extremism - World Economic Forum (Speaks at 12min & 40min) A Jordanian Spins Comic Book Tales to Counter Terrorist Ideologies - New York Times Comic book author as terror fighter - CNN Fighting extremists with super heroes - CNN Fighting fundamentalism with comic books - BBC Fighting “Islamic State” with cartoons - BBC In Jordan the comic book superheroes fight extremism - NPR The Jordanian Cartoonist Trying to Tackle Extremism with Comic Books - Vice

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