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 Aysha02/06/2023

Season of the Witch – Capitalism’s Slow March into Egypt’s Genre Entertainment

Not so long ago, I attended a workshop for ‘Critical Theory from the Global South: […]
Emad Aysha20/05/2023

From the Dark to the Dark: Asmaa El-Yamany’s time-travel novel brings a hopeless present to a predatory past

Previously I wrote a review of Asmaa el-Yamany’s novel Ashmadie. But the first novel of […]
The Liberum07/05/2023

The Sci-Fi Bandwagon - Dina Tohamy on translation, marketing and a taste of China's future fiction

A quick intro. I chanced upon Dr Dina at a translation event held by the […]
Emad Aysha24/04/2023

The Ramadan Mirror – The Fantasy and Sci-Fi of the Comedic Other

Attended a gripping literary and intellectual event the other day at the Insan bookstore, an […]
Emad Aysha18/04/2023

Blaze Ward – On the Social Science of Middle Eastern Space Opera

I know Blaze through my author friend Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi. Blaze helped him designing adverts […]
Arthur Blok14/04/2023

Best-selling Lebanese author Karim El Koussa about his new TV Show: “People need to know the great history of the Phoenicians.”

Best-selling Lebanese author Karim El Koussa just rounded up the filming of ‘Phoenix Oracle’.  A […]
The Liberum10/04/2023

An Egyptian SF city – Meet the mighty ‘morphine’ power dangers

I just finished what I presume is an SF novel, Morphius City (2018), by Muhammad […]
Emad Aysha31/03/2023

Sci-Fi Throwbacks – What James Bond can tell us about new age globalisation

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. --- Arthur C. Clarke I’m […]
Emad Aysha17/03/2023

Across the Continents: A Talk with Dip Ghosh on Indian and Bengali Science Fiction

A special thanks to Sudeep Chatterjee and Wole Talabi for making this interview possible. An […]
Emad Aysha04/03/2023

The Talk of Turkey – Baris Cansevgisi on Cultural Rapprochement and Sales Tactics for SFF in the Global Village

A conversation with our literary counterpart, Baris Cansevgisi, from Turkey. He specialises in the short […]
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