Gulf Futurism

On Gulf Futurism

On: May 9, 2016

Image Source: Dazed Magazine Dazed Magazine sits down with Fatima Al Qadiri and Sophia Al-Maria, Arab-Americans from teh Gulf, on their thoughts on Gulf Futurism. Here is a relevant excerpt: The Gulf paradox – a headlong sprint into the future tempered by ultra-conservative Islamic codes – defines everyday life inContinue Reading

The Trouble with Gulf Futurism

By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad

On: May 16, 2014

In: Featured

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Image Source: Vice Magazine The Vice has an article on the problems with Gulf Futurism by Nathalie Olah. While this is technically not science fiction but the idea of Gulf Futurism has many of the trappings of Science Fiction so we wanted to cover it here. The aesthetics and the kind ofContinue Reading