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Islam and Sci-Fi in the Nation
The Nation Newspaper from UAE has a story on the recent surge in the portrayal of Muslims in Comics and Science Fiction and also increase in the number of Muslim characterss who have non-marginal...
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Translating Science Fiction into Arabic
The ArabLit website has a nice article on translating Science Fiction into arabic. The Whys and Wherefores of Translating Science Fiction into Arabic by mlynxqualey At this year’s Abu Dhabi...
View ArticleSunday Roundup – Just The Links (June 14, 2015)
No story today, just a couple of links found while visiting a few of my favorite sites: http://io9.com/f-or-noor-hashem-a-mellon-postdoctoral-fellow-in-the-1711141616...
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Science Fiction as Philosophical Reexamination
Occasionally, I’ll pose preposterous questions to my friends: How do Muslims on Neptune decide on a lunar calendar? (Imagine locating the Shawwal moon on Neptune!) Since bodily members can testify on...
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Islamicates Volume I: Anthology of Science Fiction short stories inspired...
Better late than never I always say, the wait is over, I give you the Science Fiction short story anthology based on the first Islamicate Short Story contest. There are a total of 12 stories in the...
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Towards Strong Female Characters
Image: Kulsoom Abdullah of Pakistan at the World Weightlifting Cahmpionship Hello Friends, We’ve had some time to reflect on the election results. Some are happy that their candidate won others are...
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Contributor Bio: Emad El-Din Aysha
EMAD EL-DIN AYSHA is an academic, journalist and translator, currently stationed in Cairo, Egypt. While an Arab and Muslim he was born in the United Kingdom and is a native speaker of both English and...
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At Mechademia Conference on Asian Popular Cultures
I will be presenting a paper on Utopias and Dystopias in Islamicate Science Fiction (i.e., Science Fiction from the Islamic world) at the Mechademia International Conference in Minneapolis. I will be...
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Star Trek Pakistani Truck Art
As promised on Twitter, here is more original content from Islam and Sci-Fi. Here is a design of the Starship Enterprise in the style of Truck Art from Pakistan. This is the result of my collaboration...
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Launching Takwin - A magazine of Islamicate Science Fiction
The Islam and Science Fiction has been around since 2005. As we are entering out 14th year soon, we are launching a project that we have been thinking about many years – The world’s first magazine...
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