Category: Unconventional

In a nutshell, unconventional means not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed. If there is anything else to it, do let us know.

Emad Aysha18/06/2024

American Dad – On Reviving the Memory of a long lost Breed

A friend recommended Knox Goes Away (2023) shortly after I missed it in the theatres […]
Emad Aysha09/06/2024

Beyond the desert dunes lays… Furiosa!

The new George Miller Furiosa movie received a lot of undeserved flak, and I will […]
Emad Aysha05/06/2024

Meeting in the Middle - Khalil Gibran translated for today, SF from tomorrow

There was an interesting Zoom conference on Lebanese poet, writer and artist Khalil Gibran, where […]
Emad Aysha27/05/2024

The non-novel novel – Seshat’s Ancient Rescue Manual

A while ago. I was browsing through a book sale and found what was professed […]
Emad Aysha20/05/2024

Kingdom of the Apes: Originality, Innocence or Imitation?

I forced myself, under dire circumstances, to go and watch Kingdom of the Planet of […]
STRETCHING THE TRUTH: A classic scene from Terry Gilliam's Kafkaesque dystopian sci-fi masterpiece 'Brazil'.
Emad Aysha06/05/2024

Kafka to the Rescue: from Brazil to the Middle East

Through a series of fortuitous coincidences, I got a chance to watch a BBC adaptation […]
TAKING THE TUBE: Shree Nation leaving a trail of reviews and mysteries from Bollywood to Hollywood.
Emad Aysha26/04/2024

Shree Nation - Jack of All Trades and Master of More than One

Any of you who read the interview with Christina Marie Alongi know I’m a YouTube […]
Emad Aysha13/04/2024

Conferring on the possibilities, Dr Heba Farouk talks about children’s SF and the Sufi imagination

I dropped in unannounced at a conference at the Egyptian Writers’ Union on children’s literature […]
BISECTED IN THE MIRROR: Dr. Faycel (with novel) peering into the West's heart of darkness, or the West peering into our own? [Image provided by author]
Emad Aysha31/03/2024

Karl Marx in Algeria: The man or the mission?

During the Cairo International Book Fair, I made it a point to buy Dr. Faycel […]
Emad Aysha25/03/2024

Abeer Abdel Galil Ibrahim – An interview from between the warring stars!

Abeer Abdel Galil has two novels in a series—‘The Return (العودة) and ‘Janus’ (الجانوس)—and a […]
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