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A Whole in Time – Arabic Travels between Science, Magic and Romance

Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD
The Hour of Time book cover. A pale green circle with swirls inside on a darker greeen background

There’s no real objection to escapism, in the right places… We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism; in fact, you might say …

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THE GREAT RAINFALL OF SYDNEY

Eva
photo of girl looking out the window at the rain

There was once a town named Sydney and it was known for how beautiful the views were. It was the number one place for travelers to visit. There was a …

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

Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD
Covers of Arabic language books mentioned in article

Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender …

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Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: A Discussion With Dr. Shoaib Ahmed Malik & Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann.

Layla Azmi Goushey

Shoaib Ahmed Malik is Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh. With a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and another in Theology from …

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Reality Cloaked in High Fantasy: Author P.L.Stuart Discusses His Innovative The Drowned Kingdom Saga

Layla Azmi Goushey
Photo of P.L. Stuart and his book covers

P.L. Stuart was born in Toronto, Canada. He holds a university degree in English, specializing in Medieval Literature. P.L. is an assistant editor with Before We Go Blog https://beforewegoblog.com/ . …

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A Conversation with Speculative Fiction Writer Zoha Kazemi

Layla Azmi Goushey

Zoha Kazemi is an Iranian speculative fiction writer. She was born in 1982, in Tehran and is currently living there. She has an engineering BS and an MA in English …

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The Hatching

Zoha Kazemi

His boys, excited about their first successful hunt, knew they shouldn’t make a sound. Slowly and quietly, they dragged their wet boots over the narrow, cracked concrete ground and walked …

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Mars in the Muslim Mind: Salvation on the Born-Again Red Planet in Hosam Elzembely’s Final Voyage

Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD
Image of mars at the top with a space craft flying by. the title has Dr. Hosam Elzembely as author with the title Final Voyage

“President Bush announced that we were landing on Mars today … which means he’s given up on Earth.” – Jon Stewart, The Daily Show This is a study of The …

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Futurism in Arabic Literature: A Conversation with Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi

Layla Azmi Goushey
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WORLDS TO CONSUME – A Dialogue on the Value and Place of Food in Building Sci-Fi Worlds

Jorge

By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD “All nature faithfully” – But by what feint Can Nature be subdued to (the artist’s) constraint? Her smallest fragment is still infinite! And so he …

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