Official Website: www.larissasansour.com/
Bio: Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian artist. She was raised in Palestine but had to move when the events in the Middle East forced her to move first to Europe and then for higher studies in the US where she received MA in Art from NYU. Her work is interdisciplinary in nature and [...]
PCA/ACA: Conference April 11-14, Boston MA
April 14, 2012 3:00 pm -4:30 pm, Conference Website
Copley Marriott Hotel in Boston
Special Roundtable Session: Countering the Master Narrative: Locating Muslims and Islam in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comics
Abstract: Science fiction, fantasy, and comic book literature is experiencing a “revival” in modern day Muslim communities with Muslim and non-Muslim writers [...]
Background: Our latest interview is with Muslim American writer G. Willow Wilson which was conducted by Rebecca Hankins. Wilson is a writer and scholar, a convert to Islam whose commentary often addresses Islamic and interfaith issues. An avid supporter of new and alternative media, Wilson has written for political and culture blogs from across a [...]
(Image Source: Matt Ruff’s Official Website)
About Matt Ruff: Matt Ruff is a well known novelist whose work has won numerous awards inclusing being long-listed for the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, winning the 2007 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Washington State Book Award, two PNBA Book Awards, and two Washington State Book Award. Matt has [...]
Sophia Al-Maria, who also goes by the nom-de-plume Sci-Fi Wahabi, is a Qatari artist and a writer. Her work is mainly fused with futurism in the Gulf region. In the past she has curated a tour of Doha by Dhow called “Future Tents” and has also performed ‘tours from the future’ at Art Dubai. Part of [...]
The Orion’s Arm Universe Project is an online collaborative project focused on world building. Recently I received an invitation letter from the creators of the project. These folks have been around for sometime now and the projects has been praised by the likes of Cory Doctorow. The invitation is not just to our website but to the [...]
Islam in Science Fiction has joined the 21st century, we have a page on facebook - one more place where the users can interact with us. If you have any questions about the site, information that is relevant to this website but which has not been covered then you can post it on the website. [...]
I would like to welcome a new contributor to the website Sofia Samatar. Here is a brief bio for Sofia.
Sofia Samatar is a PhD student in African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she specializes in twentieth-century Egyptian and Sudanese literatures. Her poetry has appeared in Stone Telling, and her debut novel, [...]
