Sultana’s Dream – Islam and Science Fiction

Sultana’s Dream (Full Text)

On: May 22, 2013

In: Bengali SF, Islam in SF Literature, SF by Muslims

Sultana’s Dream by Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein (1880 – 1932) (Sultana’s Dream was originally published in The Indian Ladies’ Magazine, Madras, 1905, in English. This edition is transcribed from Sultana’s dream; and Padmarag: two feminist utopias by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain; translated with an introduction by Barnita Bagchi. New Delhi (India) :Continue Reading

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

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.