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Joanna Russ’ Two of Them

2008-09-17
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: September 17, 2008
In: English SF, Islam in SF Literature
With: 0 Comments

Two emissaries from the galactic equivalent of the UN visit an asteroid mining colony inhabited by religiously conservative quasi-Muslims. The conflict in this book centers on a young girl from this society, women rights in Islam, and the potentially greater freedom she might have in the broader galactic society (RussContinue Reading

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

2008-09-17
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
On: September 17, 2008
In: Bengali SF, Islam in SF Literature, SF by Muslims
With: 1 Comment

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.

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