Some things are hard to categorize, Islam and Science Fiction being one of them. At various times in our history we have been a website, a blog and currently a mix of both. Thus after suggestion from a number of people we are asking our readers to nominate us forContinue Reading
There was a controversy a few years ago at WisCon which involved the science fiction author Elizabeth Moon who was invited as the guest of honor at WisCon 35, the premier Feminist Science Fiction convention in the world, in 2010 but after she made a rather negative blog post aboutContinue Reading
Image Source: Haber 5 Alev Alatlı is a Turkish author who has written both fiction and non-fiction including a few Science Fiction Novels. Her duology Schrodinger’s Cat consists of the two novels “Kabus” (The Nightmare) and “Rüya” (The Dream). The Turkish video game Culpa Innata is based on her sci-fiContinue Reading
I usually do not post about my projects but this one is relevant to the theme of the site so here it is. I will let the project speak for itself. Here is a relevant excerpt from the site: Silicon Arabic combines the aesthetics of the traditional and ancient IslamicContinue Reading
Official Website: www.larissasansour.com/ Bio: Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian artist. She was raised in Palestine but had to move when the events in the Middle East forced her to move first to Europe and then for higher studies in the US where she received MA in Art from NYU. HerContinue Reading
The Orion’s Arm Universe Project is an online collaborative project focused on world building. Recently I received an invitation letter from the creators of the project. These folks have been around for sometime now and the projects has been praised by the likes of Cory Doctorow. The invitation is not just toContinue Reading
Saleem Siddiqui of Hotconflict has a series of podcasts on various science fiction related series and Islam. These include Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Stargate. Here is the link: http://www.hotconflict.com/blog/popculture.html
The Orion’s Arm is a fictional universe set thousands of years into the future in a universe which is dominated by AI and where faster than light travel is still not possible. Muslims also feature in this futuristic universe. Here is an excerpt from an article on the Steller Ummah.Continue Reading
The online flash-based series Broken Saints has at least two main characters, Oran and Hassan.
Here is a description of Tékumel from Wikipedia. Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne is a fantasy world created by Professor Muhammad Abd-el-Rahman Barker over the course of several decades. In this imaginary world, huge empires with medieval levels of technology vie for control using magic, large standing armies, andContinue Reading