The Christian Science Monitor reports on a Muslim company called Afkar Media which is producing games with an emphasis on positive roles of Muslims in gaming.  The company focuses on providing an alternate view of Arabs to westerners through the use of video games.  Afkar’s latest game is based on the first 100 years of Islam History and is titled Al-Quraysh.  Other than bolstering a positive view of Muslims in the western world Afkar media hopes to provide positive role models for Arab and Muslim youth.  Al-Quraysh appears to be a RTS game along the lines of World of Warcraft and the Command and Conquer series. 

Afkar Media previously published Under Siege (not the Steven Seagal Movie!), a first person shooter which dealt with tension between Palestine and Israel.  Under Siege was released in 2005 and had a lukewarm reception due to lackluster graphics, however the title sold over 100,000 copies sold in the Arab world alone. 

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