Rumi, Bulleh Shah, and The Last Jedi
Guest post by Jahanzeb from Hearts of Khyber on the new Star Wars movie and Islam. Parh parh ilm hazaar kitaaban qaddi apnay aap nou parhiya naee… Yes, you have read thousands of books But you have never tried to read your own self… ~ Bulleh Shah There is a momentContinue Reading
Science Fiction and the Civic Imagination
The transcript of the panel on Science Fiction and the Civic Imagination that I was a part of earlier this year is now online. You can read the whole transcript in Part 1 and Part 2. Here is a relevant excerpt. Mohammed: So, I guess part of reimagining the future isContinue Reading
Utopias and Dystopias from the Muslim World
Last weekend, I remotely gave a talk at the Mecahdemica Conference on Science Fiction Utopias from the Muslim World. The slides for my presentation is at the bottom of this post. Future as the Present: Science Fiction Utopias and Dystopias from the Muslim World Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad Abstract: The utopias and dystopiasContinue Reading
At Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures
I will be presenting a paper on Utopias and Dystopias in Islamicate Science Fiction (i.e., Science Fiction from the Islamic world) at the Mechademia International Conference in Minneapolis. I will be presenting remotely from Seattle. Here is the abstract of my paper: Future as the Present: Science Fiction Utopias and DystopiasContinue Reading
The Fiqh of Marrying Mermaids by Zainab bint Younus
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
Alternate History Wednesdays: Muslim Statue of Liberty
We are starting a new regular feature on Islam and Sci-Fi: Alternate History Tuesdays. Every other Wednesday we will be posting an alternate history scenario, piece of art, story etc. This is inaugural post. Please let us know what you think about this series so that we can evolve this feature overContinue Reading
Review of Sami Shah’s Fire Boy by Marianne Edwards
Marianne Edwards Fire Boy is the first book of a duology by Sami Shah. Shah is a comedian, broadcaster, writer, speaker, and newshound. He has the breadth of perspective you’d expect from someone with so many strings to his bow. The story shows how a baby of extraordinary origins becomesContinue Reading
Contributor Bio: Emad El-Din Aysha
EMAD EL-DIN AYSHA is an academic, journalist and translator, currently stationed in Cairo, Egypt. While an Arab and Muslim he was born in the United Kingdom and is a native speaker of both English and Arabic. He completed his undergraduate and post-graduate education in England (BA, MA, PhD) and hasContinue Reading
Islam and Sci-Fi interview of Ahmed Al Mahdi
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
The Rise Of Hijabi Cosplay
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