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 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 […]
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 […]
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