The Dunes Strike Back! Luminary thinkers, writers and artists gathered in the first public forum of its kind to discuss the burgeoning impact of Science Fiction on the Muslim world today. Yesterday, over 200 people flocked to the British Library’s auditorium to join a nebulous Arab Sci-Fi movement set to boldly imagine new visions of […]
Celebrating the good and the great of Arab Sci-Fi The past few days have been bittersweet for the evolving realms of Arab science fiction. The recent elation of Ahmed Saadwai being shortlisted for the International Man Booker Prize for his novel Frankenstein in Bagdad was preceded by heart-breaking news that Ahmed Khaled Towfik is no […]
Sindbad Scifi is delighted to announce the date for a flagship event as part of MFest! Spicing Up Sci-Fi: The Dunes Strike Back 2 pm | Saturday 28 April 2018 British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB Dune, Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction novel, loaded with Islamic etymology, centres on a power struggle to […]
Spanish sci-fi and fantasy writer and editor, Cristina Jurado, will be giving a presentation (in Spanish) on Arabic science fiction during EuroCon 2016 The European Convention of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror taking place between November 4th to the 6th in Barcelona (Spain). Her intriguing talk title is “La ciencia ficción en los países árabes: retos, […]
Sindbad Sci-Fi is excited to partner with this year’s Bradford Literature Festival – located in one of the most most vibrant cities in the UK. Islamicate Science Fiction Saturday, 21st May 2016 | 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm | University of Bradford Our panel will talk about their own work and Arabic […]
Sindbad Sci-Fi is delighted to partner with the 2015 Orkney International Science Festival to celebrate it’s 25th anniversary, the International Year of Light, and the centenary of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Join us for this fantastic voyage! The Grimond Lecture Yasmin Khan describes how science fiction, often seen as the ultimate bridge between science and the […]
SCIENCE FICTION IN THE ARAB WORLD PANEL DISCUSSION SAT 25 JULY 2015, 12.30PM | THE BRITISH LIBRARY From utopian dreams to dystopian nightmares, could a new wave of Arabic science fiction spur us to reimagine alternative futures in the Middle East and beyond? Sindbad Sci-Fi’s producer Yasmin Khan joins forces with Shubbak to beam up a […]
1. Gerard Early 2. Arfa Ruhee 3. Zeba Asghar 4. Michelle Eskiwazi 5. Naima Benaye 6. Peter Abberle 7. Simon Fox 8. Frances Winfield 9. Debora Bradley 10. Subayda Said Mahamed
As part of our exciting Sindbad Sci-Fi event at the Science Museum on 15 November, all participants will have the chance to enter our prize-draw to win even more books on the night! Browse through this fabulous selection of Science Fiction which we’ve been busy harvesting from our generous publisher friends and authors especially for you to enjoy. Download the full description booklet here: […]
As we begin the countdown to our Sindbad Sci-Fi event on Saturday check out this exciting preview: Arab science fiction in the here and now By Ben East 9th November 2014 “A year ago, the question was really: ‘Does contemporary Arab science fiction even exist?’” says Khan. “Now it’s a case of following the trail. […]
