The Fiqh of Marrying Mermaids (or: A Tale of the Hoori of the Sea) By Zainab bint Younus “Bismillaahir’Rahmaan arRaheem… Ithaa waqa’ati’l waaqi’ah…” On a small boat in the ocean, a lone man stood in prayer, bearded and regal even in the depths of the night. His voice fell andContinue Reading
Anyone who’s ever been to Comic-Con—or any of the multitudes of other conventions—knows that cosplaying is half the fun. For all Hijabis out there though, finding a hijab-friendly costume is THE CHALLENGE of a lifetime. The truth is much of the source material that makes up the bedrock of geekContinue Reading
When Gravity Fails: A Review of George Alec Effinger’s Novel Gwendolyn Bellinger George Alec Effinger’s cyberpunk novel, When Gravity Fails, allows his readers to explore an innovative and intriguing futuristic world, one dominated by brain modifications, sex changes, and a string of gruesome murders. Our novel’s hero, Marîd Audran, isContinue Reading
Book Launch: Haris A. Durrani presents Technologies of the Self with Sahar Ullah Friday, April 15 at 6 – 7:15 PM McNally Jackson Bookstore, NYC RSVP via Facebook Haris A. Durrani talks with academic and fellow storyteller Sahar Ullah (Columbia University, Hijabi Monologues) about Muslims and Latinos in literature, genreContinue Reading
(Image Source: Kuwait Tourism) I have tried looking for this from a number of sources but to no avail and thus I am taking my query to the internet and the readers. Someone contacted me who wanted to find out about a Science Fiction Magazine that was published in theContinue Reading
Image: Dome of a Mosque It turns out that there was some problem with the backend on the Islam and Sci-Fi website and as a consequence the website was down for a month or so. The website is back on track now but in the process we seem to haveContinue Reading
Turkish Science Fiction has come a long way and it will not be long before Turkey produces world class sci-fi. Long before Sadik Yemni, GORA, Book of Madness etc there was Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam or The Man Who Saved the World. It was one of those movies which are soContinue Reading
Here is an interview of Ahmed Khammas in the Zenith Magazine, about whom I have written about in the past regarding his take on the lack of futureness in Arabic. The interview is in the German language. Khammas aslo writes Science Fiction in the German language under the pseudonym GhassanContinue Reading