Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD

Emad El-Din Aysha is an academic researcher, sci-fi author and freelance translator and journalist currently residing in Cairo, Egypt. He was born in the UK in 1974 to a Palestinian father and Egyptian mother, completed his PhD in International Studies in 2001 at the University of Sheffield and has taught at universities as diverse as the American University in Cairo and Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development. He has a regular SFF review column in The Liberum online newspaper and formerly wrote for Egypt Oil & Gas and The Egyptian Gazette. He has two books to his name, the nonfiction 'Arab and Muslim Science Fiction: Critical Essays' (McFarland, 2022), and an anthology in Arabic that has recently been republished - 'The Digital Hydra' (2026). He also had the honour of publishing a story with the first ever anthology of Palestinian SF (Palestine+100) and the award winning Thyme Travellers, and is a member of the Egyptian Society for Science Fiction regularly represents Arab literature at forums like Balticon and WorldCon.

HERE TO STAY – Reporting the Frontline of Arab Women’s Science Fiction

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