Rebecca Hankins at the NHPRC
Great news everyone, one of the Editors at Islam and Science Fiction, sister Rebecca Hankins just was sworn in as the Presidential Appointee (she was appointed by President Obama) at the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) at the National Archives. Congratulations!!!!!!!!
Islam and Sci-Fi Interview of Dr. Ayed Kawthar (English)
As promised, here is the English translation of our interview with he Tunisian Academic Dr. Ayed Kawthar in English. The French text of the original along with a bio is available here. M. Aurangzeb Ahmad: Please tell us about your background and how did you get interested in Science Fiction inContinue Reading
Islam and Sci-Fi Interview of Dr. Ayed Kawthar (French)
Ayed Kawthar is a Tunisian academic whose area of research is Arabic Science Fiction. Her PhD dissertation was also in Arabic Science Fiction. Since her primary languages are Arabic and French so we interviewed Dr. Kawthar in French. This also marks the first time that we are posting an interviewContinue Reading
Yaqteenya: The Old World
Yaqteenya is an alternative history novel by Yasir Bahjatt, a Saudi citizen who has been instrumental in trying to get the genre of Science Fiction off the ground in Saudi Arabia. The novel has both Science Fiction and Fantasy elements. It imagines a group of Spanish Muslims who venture intoContinue Reading
Space Opera Novella Submissions Open at the Fantasist
The Fantasist is currently open to submissions of space opera novellas. Haris Durrani, a longtime friend of Islam and Sci-Fi- project is the guest editor for the special issue of the Fantasist. Here is the official call for the submission: Issue 4 – The Special Space Opera Issue is openContinue Reading
When Gravity Fails: A Review of George Alec Effinger’s Novel
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
The Pakistani Science Fiction art of Omar Gilani
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
Sadeq Hedayat’s SGLL
Sadeq Hedayat is considered to be one of the foresmost short story writers of the Farsi language of the modern era. One of his short stories is titled Seen Ghaff Laam Laam (س گ ل ل) or S.G.L.L which has some science fiction undertones and was published in 1933. TheContinue Reading
Master’s Thesis on Alif the Unseen and Ajwan
Image: Still from the upcoming Ajwan TV series from UAE Here is another Masters thesis that might be of interest to our readers at Islam and Sci-Fi. Zainab Coovadia, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department at the University of Toronto has a masters thesis on social justice and politics inContinue Reading
Science Fiction in Urdu!
Great news for lovers of Urdu Literature, Khurshid Iqbal, a critic and researcher from India, has a masters thesis on Science Fiction in Urdu Literature. The text itself is in the Urdu language but I am hoping that an English translation would be available in the near future. It startsContinue Reading