The story begins when it is revealed that the Earth might be facing another ice age, owing to temporary change in energy output of the sun. The main character is Hamzah, a young scientist who has visions of monumental events in history and pre-history. He stumbles of the research ofContinue Reading
G. Willow Wilson is an American author and essayist who is also a Muslim. Her graphic novel “Cairo” has some fantasy elements. She also did an issue of DC comics’ Five of a kind.
One of the earliest Muslim Science Fiction writers was a Bengali Muslim woman Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. She wrote an I feminist Science Fiction short Sultana’s Dream. The short story dealt with role reversal between men and women and gender equality in Islam.
In the late 1980s or early 1990s there was a Pakistani movie “Shani” which features an alien being who lands in a Pakistani village. His planet is naturally being destroyed and his people are looking for a refuge. In the end of the movie the alien reveals that he andContinue Reading
This is an American Science fiction movie in which the main characters are Muslims. Centuries ago, in the middle ages a spaceship from another planet crash lands on Earth in the Middle East. The cared well cared for by the Bedouin tribes and leave an artifact behind. Then centuries laterContinue Reading
The 99 is a comic book series aimed at a Muslim audience. The idea is that there are 99 Muslim superheros each of whose superpowers reflect the attributes of God. Here is an article from the New York Times that describes the comic. Comics to Battle for Truth, Justice andContinue Reading