This 1961 novel depicts Muslims as authoritarian rulers of Africa, whose rigidity and inability to adapt to change worsens the condition of the African people rather than improving their lives. Blackman’s Burden tells the story of a group of Caribbean and African American intelligence agents and their mission to rid Africa, in particular, North Africa, of [...]
Before there was Shani, there was Son of Andata - the first science fiction movie from Pakistan. The Pakistani actor Sultan Rahi starred as an evil robot invented by a scientist for his nefarious goals.
[Thanks to Sher Asif for pointing out this resource]
Image Source: Arab News
Background: Dr. Al-Mutawa is the creator of The 99 comic book series which has been hailed as a global phenomenon. The 99 series had 99 super heroes each of whose name and powers are inspired by the 99 names of God. These heroes embody the virtues of Islamic cultures and the series’ [...]
Image: Steven Barnes (Source: Michael A. Ventrella’s Blog)
Background: Steven Barnes is a Hugo Award nominated accomplished author who has written a number of science fiction novels. His novelette The Locusts was written with Larry Niven and was nominated for the Hugo award. His Insha’Allah series which consists of the Novel’s The Lion’s Blood and Zulu Heart [...]
Image: Yakoub Islam
Background: Yakoub Islam in a British Muslim writer who also runs the Tasneem Project and Steampunk Islam project. He also created the Muslim Aracrchist Charter. He is working on the first Muslim Steampunk novel which is set in the 11-12th centuries. Yakoub defines the project as follows: ”Muslim Steampunk combines the aesthetics of the [...]
(Image: Ahmed A. Khan)
Background: Ahmed A. Khan is a Canadian Muslim Science Fiction author originally hailing from India. He has published more than 40 short stories, published in Interzone, HP Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror etc and he has a number of anthologies including the first anthology on Islam and Science Fiction.
Ahmed A. Khan’s Official Blog: http://ahmedakhan.livejournal.com/
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Image: Pamela Taylor (Image Source: BBC)
Background: This is the second interview in the series of interviews with Muslim authors. This week we will be interviewing Pamela K. Taylor. Pamela Taylor is a Muslim American poet and a writer. She has published a number of Science short stories in various collections like A Mosque Amongst the Stars, [...]
Image: Achmed Adolf Wolfgang Khammas
Backgound: This is the first interview in a series of interviews with Muslim Science Fiction authors and people who have written about Sciene Fiction with Islamic themes. Achmed Adolf Wolfgang Khammas has written on the subject of the lack of Science Fiction in Arabic Literature and has written Sciene Fiction stories [...]
Here is an interview of Ahmed Khammas in the Zenith Magazine, about whom I have written about in the past regarding his take on the lack of futureness in Arabic. The interview is in the German language. Khammas aslo writes Science Fiction in the German language under the pseudonym Ghassan Homsi.
Achmed Khammas has written a fascinating article The Almost Complete Lack of the Element of “Futureness” which discusses why there is an almost lack of interest and even awareness about Science Fiction in the Arab world. One of the reaons why there is an almost lack of futureness in Arab Fiction is because “they prefer [...]
