The Fantasist is currently open to submissions of space opera novellas. Haris Durrani, a longtime friend of Islam and Sci-Fi- project is the guest editor for the special issue of the Fantasist. Here is the official call for the submission: Issue 4 – The Special Space Opera Issue is openContinue Reading
Omar Gilani is an Pakistani artist who mixes sci-fi with Pakistani everyday life. He has a masters in Robotics and is now working was a full time Mechanical Engineer when he decided to quit his job and is now pursuing his real passion art on a full time basis. HeContinue Reading
One could not have easily guessed that there would be so many references to Muslims in tabletop role playing games. I certainly did not know about the extend of this phenomenon until I was enlightened by Jabir Lee a few years ago. Here is a list of such games, quotedContinue Reading
Hello, Friends! Before I say anything, I am going to let this guy go first: http://download.media.islamway.net/videos/2541/Rprgi_pBeBo.mp4 Powerful lyrics, aye? These are the heroic names I wish to pass down to my kids. But getting to this point has been a challenge. You see I remember growing up in the midwestContinue Reading
Image source: Tekumel Foundation I have been wanting to write about Professor MAR Barker for about five years but for one reason or another this post slipped through the cracks until now. I first came across the work of M A R Barker around 2006. He has been described byContinue Reading
(Image Source: “What I Dreamed Of”, created by Dennis Meene ) For the folks in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, I am part of a panel that the USC Annenberg school for Communication and Journalism is hosting: The Science Fiction and the Civic Imagination Forum will be on January 30thContinue Reading
While it has been a while since we ran our short story competition, I thought it would be worthwhile to see the demographic make up of the submissions. Here is the summary of what I found. In terms of gender make up I am glad to report that the womenContinue Reading
Hello Friends! Since the New Year just arrived, I thought I take a moment to pray for a peaceful 2017. I also hope to back that prayer up with sound actions. But for that to happen I need you to be on the same page. So follow along as IContinue Reading
Rebecca Hankins, one of the editors of Islam and Science Fiction Project is an Appointee for Member, National Historical Publications and Records Commission by President Obama. Congratulations to sister Rebecca for this wonderful milestone. Here is here bio for reference: Rebecca Hankins is Associate Professor, Curator, and Librarian for AfricanaContinue Reading
Last month we talked about what makes a good Sci-Fi story. Today we are going to talk about what to write about. At IslamSciFi we obviously want to see more Islamic SF. So where can we get our inspiration? Well if you subscribe to the blog’s twitter account you willContinue Reading