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.

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 […]
Emad Aysha20/02/2023

Sexbots in Time – A second look at Blade Runner 2049

Male fantasy is seen as something that can create reality, whereas female fantasy is regarded […]
Emad Aysha10/02/2023

Full Circle – Gene-splicing in the Egyptian genre imagination

A funny story about a funny story: I was at the 54th Cairo International Book […]
Emad Aysha02/02/2023

Beware the Cross-pollinator – Translation taking Egypt, Iran and China to the Milky Way Galaxy!

An exclusive interview of Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, an Egyptian YA sci-fi and fantasy author, literary […]
Emad Aysha24/01/2023

An Eventful Occasion: China and the Arabs, from the Baghdad library to Sci-Fi in translation

I attended an event in late December at the Chinese Cultural Center in Cairo about […]
Emad Aysha17/01/2023

Drowning in love – Is 'Rain Born' Iran’s answer to Kevin Costner's 'Waterworld'?

Every work of art, to one extent or another, reflects the artist and where the artist comes […]
Emad Aysha29/12/2022

Paddling to the Promised Land, PART II – Cameron the submariner asks us to escape the American gree… blue zone!

Sigourney Weaver hasn’t been getting the attention she deserves these last few years, even in the Ghostbusters franchise. They fixed that here. Now she’s got her funk back if you ask me!
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