Suleiman Bakhit was a Jordanian social entrepreneur and best-selling comic book creator. Bakhit was the CEO of Aranim Media Factory, which sold 1.2 million comics in 2010. He was also the founder of the Hero-Factor project, an organization dedicated to promoting heroism as an antidote to extremism for Middle Eastern youth. Bakhit focused his work on the development of stories, myths, and heroes that promote tolerance and counter a culture of extremism and discrimination against women and girls. Bakhit was motivated to create his company after experiencing discrimination in the U.S. after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Bakhit was also a TED Global Fellow.