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Islam Sci-Fi Interview of Algerian Fantasy Author Djamel Jiji

2018-01-17
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: January 17, 2018
In: Arabic SF, Interview
With: 1 Comment

Questions for Algeria’s Premier Fantasy Writer Djamel Jiji Interview conducted by Emad El-Din Aysha. SYNOPSIS The Invaders of Dreams tells the story Jasmine, a little girl of six years old, who witnessed the horrific deaths of her father and her best friend Sara during a raid on her village inContinue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi interview of Ahmed Al Mahdi

2017-06-17
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: June 17, 2017
In: Arabic SF, Featured, Interview
With: 2 Comments

Note: The following interview of the Egyptian author Mr Ahmed Al Mahdi was conducted by Emad El-Din Aysha for Islam and Sci-Fi-Fi Mr Ahmed Al Mahdi is a 26-year-old Egyptian fantasy and sci-fi writer who wrote his first novel when he was twelve, and already has several acclaimed novels underContinue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi Interview of Dr. Ayed Kawthar (English)

2017-06-09
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: June 9, 2017
In: Academic Literature, Featured, Interview
With: 1 Comment

As promised, here is the English translation of our interview with he Tunisian Academic Dr. Ayed Kawthar in English. The French text of the original along with a bio is available here. M. Aurangzeb Ahmad: Please tell us about your background and how did you get interested in Science Fiction inContinue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi Interview of Dr. Ayed Kawthar (French)

2017-06-07
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: June 7, 2017
In: Academic Literature, Arabic SF, Interview
With: 1 Comment

Ayed Kawthar is a Tunisian academic whose area of research is Arabic Science Fiction. Her PhD dissertation was also in Arabic Science Fiction. Since her primary languages are Arabic and French so we interviewed Dr. Kawthar in French. This also marks the first time that we are posting an interviewContinue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi interview with Kim Stanley Robinson

2016-11-01
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: November 1, 2016
In: Interview
With: 2 Comments

Image Source: Wikimedia Kim Stanley Robinson is considered to be on of the greatest living Science Fiction authors. He has have a plethora of awards including  the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the World Fantasy Award. His most well known works are theContinue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi interview of Ada Barbaro

2016-10-13
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: October 13, 2016
In: Academic Literature, Interview
With: 4 Comments

Bio: Ada Barbaro earned her Phd in Geopolitic and Culture of the Mediterranean Area from the Italian Institute of Human Studies – Naples in 2011. She worked as fellow researcher in Arabic Language and Literature at the Institute of Oriental Studies (ISO) at University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Lecturer inContinue Reading

Q&A with the winners of Islamicate Short Story Contest

2016-09-12
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: September 12, 2016
In: English SF, Interview, Islamicates Anthology
With: 1 Comment

Now that the competition is over and the anthology is also out, I figured it would be great if we could ask the winners what was inspiration behind the stories and what new and exciting projects that they are working on. Here are mini-interviews with the winners and their thoughtfulContinue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi interview with Moustafa Chamli

2016-07-19
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: July 19, 2016
In: Interview, Islam in SF Gaming
With: 0 Comments

Moustafa “‫مصطفى شملي‬‎” Chamli’s team from Studios/Lunes is working on a fascinating game inspired from Islamic Escathology. The game puts you in the seat of Azrail who is the Angel of Death and who has to perform one last task – the of the Universe but something something goes wrong.Continue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi Interview of Valeria Vitale

2016-05-23
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: May 23, 2016
In: Featured, Interview
With: 0 Comments

For our latest interview we talked to Valeria Vitale who is the co-editor of the new anthology Fae Visions along with Djibril Al-Ayad. Vitale is from Southern Italian based in London doing  PhD on 3D visualization of cultural heritage and an an avid reader of fiction. In her own words,Continue Reading

Islam and Sci-Fi interview with Usman Malik

2016-04-28
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: April 28, 2016
In: English SF, Interview, SF by Muslims
With: 2 Comments

Usman T. Malik is a personal friend who is also an award-winning speculative fiction author. He is also from Lahore, Pakistan. He is the first Muslim and Pakistani to win the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and was the finalist for the Nebula Award twice in a row. HisContinue Reading

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