News
A Mosque Among The Stars Released
A Mosque Amongst The Stars, an anthology that I was co-editing with Ahmed A. Khan has been released. More information on the book can be found on the book webpage here. The table of contents is available here and contributing author bios can be read at this webpage. Currently the book can be ordered via [...]
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Academic Literature
Articles on Arabo-Islamic SF Literature»The emergence of science fiction in Arabic literature Snir, Reuven, Der Islam, vol. 77, no. ii, pp. 263-285, 2000
Fantascienza in Mauritania. La storia di un uomo nato nel 1034 emorto nel 2055: Madinat al-riyahdi Musa Wuld Ibnu Camera d’Afflitto, I., Oriente Moderno, no. 16, pp. 331-340, 1998
Remembering the future: Arabic time-travel literature Cooperson, M., Edebiyat, [...]
Alternative History
Stephen Baxtor’s Navigator»Here is the book description from Amazon.
As William the Conqueror’s men attempt to stamp out the flames of rebellion, a prophecy is uttered. A bedraggled woman in a ruined chapel speaks of civilizations in conflict, armed by the engines of God…
And that prophecy proves to be true as the fearsome war between Christianity and Islam [...]
Islam in SF Literature
Stephen Baxtor’s Navigator»Here is the book description from Amazon.
As William the Conqueror’s men attempt to stamp out the flames of rebellion, a prophecy is uttered. A bedraggled woman in a ruined chapel speaks of civilizations in conflict, armed by the engines of God…
And that prophecy proves to be true as the fearsome war between Christianity and Islam [...]
Movies
Omar Naim’s Final Cut»The movie Final Cut was directed by Omar Naim who is a Muslim. The movie is set in the near future where everyone has a memory chip implanted in their brain. The is a new profession that has been spun from this new development. These professionals are called cutters and they cut the best scenes [...]
Other Media
Podcasts on Sci-Fi related series on Hotconflict»Saleem Siddiqui of Hotconflict has a series of podcasts on various science fiction related series and Islam. These include Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Stargate. Here is the link:
http://www.hotconflict.com/blog/popculture.html
Television
Lost»The character of Sayid Hassan Jarrah (played by Naveen Andrews) on the famous television show Lost is a Muslim. Here is some information on Islamic references in the show from the Lostpedia. (Thanks to Tyrone T. for pointing this out.)
Islam is introduced in the storyline by a leading character; Sayid, who is of Muslim faith. [...]
