Country: Middle East

Emad Aysha11/06/2023

Cosmic Price Tag – A Saudi SF novel that is anything but run of the mill

I was fortunate to read a strange but interesting and well-written Saudi science fiction novel, […]
The Liberum08/06/2023

SWIM Lebanon gathers over 200 volunteers to clean up Al Bakar island on the Tripoli coast

In anticipation of World Environment Day, Lebanon’s most active NGO, SWIM Lebanon (Sustainable Waste Intercity […]
Marita Kassis09/05/2023

The Distinguished Arab Strategy of Political Identity

Long used as a theory to denominate communal differences and bring together isolated minorities and […]
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 […]
Marita Kassis26/04/2023

Netflix blackwashed Queen Cleopatra vs Egyptian pride

A Netflix docudrama series portraying Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African resulted in a […]
The Liberum20/04/2023

Humanity locked in a ongoing spiral of self-destruction

I have often wondered why humanity, cyclically and repeatedly, decides to hurt itself by going […]
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 […]
Hiba Kilany06/04/2023

When home does not feel like home anymore

My first trip back to Beirut after four long years of abstinence: banks’ bankruptcy, the […]
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 […]
Marita Kassis26/03/2023

Daylight savings puts Lebanon in two time zones as sectarian rhetoric resurfaces

A governmental decision to push daylight savings by a few weeks sends the country in […]
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