Everybody needs a voice, and Arab and Muslim science fiction is no exception. This is Emad's gift to his colleagues across the region and beyond. A platform for the unheard, reviewing, and interviewing the avant-garde to mend cultural bridges from the Global South to the Global North.

Emad Aysha - 13/09/2023
I just read a rather interesting novella by Abd Al-Aal Bikhyt, Ikhtiraq (‘The Hack’ or […]

Emad Aysha - 01/09/2023
Here’s a new novel to deal with, one I came across at the Cairo International […]

Emad Aysha - 12/08/2023
An interview with a sci-fi colleague of ours at the other end of the world, […]

Emad Aysha - 28/07/2023
An amusing anecdote helps explain why this is such a must-see movie. While being treated […]

Emad Aysha - 16/07/2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) is an intelligent movie. Of course, it […]

Emad Aysha - 29/06/2023
A while ago, I read a novella – finished it all in one go – […]

Emad Aysha - 16/06/2023
I just finished Sandra Serage’s What If (2023). I hadn’t seen it at the Cairo […]

Emad Aysha - 11/06/2023
I was fortunate to read a strange but interesting and well-written Saudi science fiction novel, […]

Emad Aysha - 02/06/2023
Not so long ago, I attended a workshop for ‘Critical Theory from the Global South: […]

Emad Aysha - 20/05/2023
Previously I wrote a review of Asmaa el-Yamany’s novel Ashmadie. But the first novel of […]

The Liberum - 07/05/2023
A quick intro. I chanced upon Dr Dina at a translation event held by the […]

Emad Aysha - 24/04/2023
Attended a gripping literary and intellectual event the other day at the Insan bookstore, an […]

Emad Aysha - 18/04/2023
I know Blaze through my author friend Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi. Blaze helped him designing adverts […]

The Liberum - 10/04/2023
I just finished what I presume is an SF novel, Morphius City (2018), by Muhammad […]

Emad Aysha - 31/03/2023
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. --- Arthur C. Clarke I’m […]