100 Years of Science Fiction in the Islamic World
2020-07-13
Here is a talk that I gave a couple of weeks ago on the very brief history of Science Fiction in the Islamic World.
Mr. Spock Bhangra -Balay Balay Balay!
2018-03-12
‘ What is better than Mr. Spock on the Enterprise? It is of course Mr. Spock doing Bhangra and dancing to the beat of Punjabi songs in Pakistan – Balay! Balay! Balay! The text reads – Balay Balay Star Trek. This is part of the series that we posted lastContinue Reading
Star Trek Pakistani Truck Art
2018-03-09
As promised on Twitter, here is more original content from Islam and Sci-Fi. Here is a design of the Starship Enterprise in the style of Truck Art from Pakistan. This is the result of my collaboration with B Ali. Truck Art is a traditional art form from South Asia (PakistanContinue Reading
The Pakistani Science Fiction art of Omar Gilani
2017-03-17
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
7 Exoplanets 40 Light Years Away
2017-02-23
NASA’s recent discovery of seven entire planets that resemble Earth (and potentially support life) in a single solar system located only 40 light years away is being reported across major news publications–which, as someone who follows exoplanet news as closely as I do can tell you–is kind of significant; typically,Continue Reading
Muslims in Tabletop Role Playing Games
2017-02-22
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
On Gulf Futurism
2016-05-09
Image Source: Dazed Magazine Dazed Magazine sits down with Fatima Al Qadiri and Sophia Al-Maria, Arab-Americans from teh Gulf, on their thoughts on Gulf Futurism. Here is a relevant excerpt: The Gulf paradox – a headlong sprint into the future tempered by ultra-conservative Islamic codes – defines everyday life inContinue Reading
Islam and Sci-Fi: May the 4th Edition
2016-05-04
Since it is May the Forth, I decided to do a series of posts about things where Muslims and Islamic culture intersect with Star Wars. It seems to be a big hit so I decided to put all such links together for future reference. So without further ado, I giveContinue Reading
Allah’s Automata: Artifacts of the Arab Islamic Renaissance (800–1200)
2016-04-11
This could also be the title of a Muslim Steampunk novel but the ‘Allah’s Automata’ but it was the title of an Exhibition organized by Ayhan Aytes and George Saliba which explored the clockwork automata from the Golden Age of Islam. I met Ayhan a few years ago whenContinue Reading
Jinns in Islamic Art
2015-08-21
Jinns are intelligent beings in Islamic belief system which have free will just like human beings. Unlike humans however they are made of smokeless fire. Jinns are also supposed to have different religions just like humans e.g., Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism etc and even Atheism. Jinns are supposed to liveContinue Reading