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Arabic Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
juin 2012 | Faits de société | Cinéma/TV | Liban
English
By: Yazan al-Saadi (Beirut-based Al-Akhbar)
The genre of science fiction, with its spectacular imaginations and inventive possibilities, has enjoyed an overshadowed history in the Arab world; a history that goes back many centuries.
There are over thirty definitions on what constitutes a science fiction story. Quite fitting for a genre of such a wide breadth, with tales spanning time, reality, the human condition, and much more.
Sci-fi’s greatest power, like most fiction, lies in its ability to inspire and provoke ideas, reflecting society back onto itself. As Issac Asimov, a giant of sci-fi literature, once said, « The core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. »
When examining Arabic science fiction, one inescapably stumbles into perplexing knotty questions regarding the Arab world’s relationship with fiction and science, and its mounting struggles in determining it’s political, economic, and cultural destiny. Under this context, the fate of Arabic sci-fi is holistically connected and molded by the burdens and predicaments faced by the region.
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There are over thirty definitions on what constitutes a science fiction story. Quite fitting for a genre of such a wide breadth, with tales spanning time, reality, the human condition, and much more.
Sci-fi’s greatest power, like most fiction, lies in its ability to inspire and provoke ideas, reflecting society back onto itself. As Issac Asimov, a giant of sci-fi literature, once said, « The core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. »
When examining Arabic science fiction, one inescapably stumbles into perplexing knotty questions regarding the Arab world’s relationship with fiction and science, and its mounting struggles in determining it’s political, economic, and cultural destiny. Under this context, the fate of Arabic sci-fi is holistically connected and molded by the burdens and predicaments faced by the region.
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