Category: Emad's SF

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 Aysha23/09/2024

Patriot on the loose… Better Chris than Jack Ryan!

I was rummaging around the secondhand book market here in Cairo and came up with […]
Emad Aysha16/09/2024

The Noah’s Ark Principle… an unfinished epic

To get straight to the point, this article has nothing to do with Roland Emmerich's […]
Emad Aysha01/09/2024

In Limbo: The Forgotten Gods of Angel Heart’s America

One of those fortuitous coincidences happened a while back when I attended a lecture by […]
Emad Aysha27/08/2024

From Armenia to the World Wide Web: Iran’s Shant Khodadadian on Speculative Fiction

Shant is an Armenian name meaning lightning. Khodadad is a Persian word meaning God, given with the typical Armenian “-ian” suffix. Khodadadian was born in Iran and started reading at a very young age.
Emad Aysha20/08/2024

Alien: Romulus – When nostalgia is livebait

Like many, I am a huge fan of the original Alien franchise, which was part […]
The Liberum13/08/2024

Science-fiction author and specialist Emad Aysha: “Science fiction authors in the Arab world live on little islands.”

The Liberum’s science fiction author and specialist, Emad Aysha, interviewed by Haarf magazine, 28th edition. Haarf is a particular section of the mother newspaper, Al-Dustour (meaning the constitution). It is an honour for our in-house specialist to be featured by Hanan Uqayl in one of Egypt’s leading literary magazines.
Emad Aysha03/08/2024

Muhammad Faezifard… On the Alternating Moods of Iranian Science Fiction

I once had the good fortune to moderate an SF panel (at Chicon 8, “Cyberpunk […]
Emad Aysha21/07/2024

Big city blues… What children’s sci-fi can tell us about Arab worldviews

It might surprise you, but stocking Arab sci-fi wherever and whenever I can find it […]
Emad Aysha08/07/2024

Exotheological Games – Ammar al-Masry’s guidebook to interstellar conflict

Ammar’s Atlantis trilogy was reviewed in this segment before, so it seems natural to talk […]
Emad Aysha29/06/2024

Petro preferences – A ‘novel’ way to answer lingering questions

The story is semi-science fiction set in the very near future. Iran is at war with Saudi Arabia, and the only way the Saudis can tip the balance back in their favour is to buy up General Motors, the company manufacturing Iran’s superior tanks. Worse still, the villainous Iran here is led by none other than the Shah
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