Surreal Warren Beatty I thought I’d do something different and talk about a lovely Warren Beatty movie from the good old days, Heaven Can Wait (1978), and an equally surreal book by Egyptian author Muhammad Farag (شيء ما أ...

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Surreal Warren Beatty I thought I’d do something different and talk about a lovely Warren Beatty movie from the good old days, Heaven Can Wait (1978), and an equally surreal book by Egyptian author Muhammad Farag (شيء ما أ...

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Surreal Warren Beatty I thought I’d do something different and talk about a lovely Warren Beatty movie from the good old days, Heaven Can Wait (1978), and an equally surreal book by Egyptian author Muhammad Farag (شيء ما أ...

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Mars Egypt Women's SF Hanan El-Hosseini’s A Sheikh (or Elder) on Mars (2025), an further example of Egyptian sci-fi’s love affair with Mars. The novel begins with a captive, tortured woman finding herself on the said plane...

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#mars #dejahthoris #edgarriceburroughs #barsoom #johncarter #feminism #childtenslit #andyweir #baladimagazine #solomon #egypt #sciencefiction #1001nights #flyingcarpets #thiefofbaghdad #neverendingstory #cairo #fantasy #quran #mattdamon #nielarmstrong

Surreal Warren Beatty I thought I’d do something different and talk about a lovely Warren Beatty movie from the good old days, Heaven Can Wait (1978), and an equally surreal book by Egyptian author Muhammad Farag (شيء ما أ...

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Del Toro's Frankenstein Only someone like Guillermo del Toro could take a story that’s been done to death, not least by the Hammer horror people, and gave it a visual and thematic makeover. Here Oscar Isaac plays the titular...

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#Frankenstein #hammerhorror #sciencefiction #creation #maryshelly #feminism #thirdworld #faust #ChristophWaltz #oscarisaac #trump #crucifixion #redemption #sinsofthefather #robotics #galvanism #cosmopolitanism #chipower #islam #greenland #militaryindustrialcomplex

Kathar Allah Khayrak (كثر الله خيرك) and may God multiply your blessings, @emadscifi.bsky.social ky.social! Thank you for reviewing Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s and my edited volume Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life (@ibtauris.bsky.social) on The Liberum. theliberum.com/hotels-in-he...

Lina Keilany Trump Aliens Both Obaam and Trump are implicated in the Epstein Files; both are releasing their accumulated UAP files. Epic revelation, or epic 'distraction'? Lina Keilany voices her own views on UFOs, a scientist...

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#trump #epsteinscandal #uapfiles #obama #syriansciencefiction #linakeilany #talebomran #childrensliterature #ufos #educationalcurricula #exotheology #anthropomorphism #ancientaliens #mars #johncarter #edgarriceburroughs #fantasy #fairytales #rosewellincident

Luc Besson Dracula Luc Besson's Dracula adaptation is all trodden ground, lackluster and haphazard. Coincidences reign supreme, there’s no master plan on the part of the good Count (and his ridiculous hairstyle) who pro...

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#dracula #lucbesson #garyoldman #winonaryder #vampires #christopherlee #thedreamers #LeslieNielsen #melbrooks #racism #waronterror #jamescameron #ShelteringSky #Bertolucci #CalebLandryJones #vanhelsing #hammerhorror #ZoëBleu #ChristophWaltz #vladimpaler

Cave Horror, Vietnam Ukraine British horror/sci-fi movie, 'What Waits Below' (1984), while corny is actually quite good. Compare that to a similar movie, 'The Mole People' (1956), where its the American way or the high way.

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#robertpowell #trump #ukraine #vietnam #madeleinestowe #anthonyquinn #kevincostner #cityonthehill #timothybottoms #lisabount#horror #sciencefiction #nielmarhsall #thedescent #democracy #civilization #imperialism #strategichamlets #decolonization #anthropology

Cave Horror, Vietnam Ukraine British horror/sci-fi movie, 'What Waits Below' (1984), while corny is actually quite good. Compare that to a similar movie, 'The Mole People' (1956), where its the American way or the high way.

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#robertpowell #trump #ukraine #vietnam #madeleinestowe #anthonyquinn #kevincostner #cityonthehill #timothybottoms #lisabount#horror #sciencefiction #nielmarhsall #thedescent #democracy #civilization #imperialism #strategichamlets #decolonization #anthropology

Mars Egypt Women's SF Hanan El-Hosseini’s A Sheikh (or Elder) on Mars (2025), an further example of Egyptian sci-fi’s love affair with Mars. The novel begins with a captive, tortured woman finding herself on the said plane...

theliberum.com/mars-on-my-m...
#mars #dejahthoris #edgarriceburroughs #barsoom #johncarter #feminism #childtenslit #andyweir #baladimagazine #solomon #egypt #sciencefiction #1001nights #flyingcarpets #thiefofbaghdad #neverendingstory #cairo #fantasy #quran #mattdamon #nielarmstrong

Luc Besson Dracula Luc Besson's Dracula adaptation is all trodden ground, lackluster and haphazard. Coincidences reign supreme, there’s no master plan on the part of the good Count (and his ridiculous hairstyle) who pro...

theliberum.com/bessons-drac...
#dracula #lucbesson #garyoldman #winonaryder #vampires #christopherlee #thedreamers #LeslieNielsen #melbrooks #racism #waronterror #jamescameron #ShelteringSky #Bertolucci #CalebLandryJones #vanhelsing #hammerhorror #ZoëBleu #ChristophWaltz #vladimpaler

Lina Keilany Trump Aliens Both Obaam and Trump are implicated in the Epstein Files; both are releasing their accumulated UAP files. Epic revelation, or epic 'distraction'? Lina Keilany voices her own views on UFOs, a scientist...

theliberum.com/lina-keilany...
#trump #epsteinscandal #uapfiles #obama #syriansciencefiction #linakeilany #talebomran #childrensliterature #ufos #educationalcurricula #exotheology #anthropomorphism #ancientaliens #mars #johncarter #edgarriceburroughs #fantasy #fairytales #rosewellincident

Gene Hackman Charlie Kirk Remember the Austrian rifle in The Package, itself a nod to the Mauser that was found in the School Book Depository, only to mysteriously disappear. That brings me to another Gene Hackman conspiracy m...

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#assassination #charliekirk #thomascrook #TylerRobinson #trump #UtahValleyUniversity #jfk #genehackman #oswald #patsy #dominoprinciple #candicebergen #kimiversen #redacted #robertludlum #carsoncarpenter #adamkennedy #thepackage #TheHappening

Blue Thunder, Kirk neck wound Blue Thunder (1983). Roy Scheider plays Frank Murphy, a helicopter cop and Vietnam vet who reports something suspicious from his chopper: a derelict car minus a license plate parked in a posh suburb. ...

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#charliekirk #kennedyassassination #bluethunder #RoyScheider #danielstern #candyclark #vietnamwar #MalcolmMcDowell #conspiracy #crowdcontrol #immigration #hispanics #africanamericans #helicopters #surveillance #jimmykimmel #candanceowens #trump #911

Snake Eyes Charlie Kirk Fellow online journalists (including George Galloway and Kim Iversen) have stumbled onto Brian De Palma’s conspiracy flick Snake Eyes (1998), which almost prophesied what happened to Charlie Kirk, qui...

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#assassination #conspiracy #charliekirk #snakeeyes #patsy #jfk #rfk #nicholascage #briandepalma #sirhansirhan #kimiversen #robertheinlein #ufos #mikebenz #fletcherprouty #aliens #cia #roswell #palestine #israel

I am asking Gloria McMillan to accept my deep gratitude for inviting me to speak about “Science Fiction and Astrobiology in the Muslim World” at the Hard-Science SF Zoom on November 1, 2025. I am very grateful to @emadscifi.bsky.social for introducing me to Glo. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Malaysia Energy Sci-Fi went to the Energy Egypt & FIREX exhibition in New Cairo. The Chinese and the Malaysians were the real tech powerhouses on display in Energy Egypt, with Korea not far behind.

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#malaysia #china #exhibition #firex #energyegypt #renewables #biowaste #polymerlithium #ecopower #uae #mars #sciencefiction #MalaysiaDigitalEconomyCorporation #batteries #solarpower #energyefficiency #sustainability #TRESDATA #greenhydrogen #GaomingTechnology

Gene Hackman Charlie Kirk Remember the Austrian rifle in The Package, itself a nod to the Mauser that was found in the School Book Depository, only to mysteriously disappear. That brings me to another Gene Hackman conspiracy m...

theliberum.com/parade-of-pa...
#assassination #charliekirk #thomascrook #TylerRobinson #trump #UtahValleyUniversity #jfk #genehackman #oswald #patsy #dominoprinciple #candicebergen #kimiversen #redacted #robertludlum #carsoncarpenter #adamkennedy #thepackage #TheHappening

Blue Thunder, Kirk neck wound Blue Thunder (1983). Roy Scheider plays Frank Murphy, a helicopter cop and Vietnam vet who reports something suspicious from his chopper: a derelict car minus a license plate parked in a posh suburb. ...

theliberum.com/downward-tra...
#charliekirk #kennedyassassination #bluethunder #RoyScheider #danielstern #candyclark #vietnamwar #MalcolmMcDowell #conspiracy #crowdcontrol #immigration #hispanics #africanamericans #helicopters #surveillance #jimmykimmel #candanceowens #trump #911

Snake Eyes Charlie Kirk Fellow online journalists (including George Galloway and Kim Iversen) have stumbled onto Brian De Palma’s conspiracy flick Snake Eyes (1998), which almost prophesied what happened to Charlie Kirk, qui...

theliberum.com/snake-eyes-t...
#assassination #conspiracy #charliekirk #snakeeyes #patsy #jfk #rfk #nicholascage #briandepalma #sirhansirhan #kimiversen #robertheinlein #ufos #mikebenz #fletcherprouty #aliens #cia #roswell #palestine #israel

Anti-Russian Viruses & AI After discussing The Ipcress File, the novel and the movie, I decided to start watching the Harry Palmer movies in general (starring Michael Caine), and you know what. I was surprised. With Billion Do...

Billion Dollar Brain, another sci-fi/conspiracy classic: theliberum.com/fresh-air-ha...
#jfk #texas #artificialintelligence #trump #michaelcaine #ukraine #covid #rfk #cia #biowar #jamesbond #CatherineDeneuve #FrançoiseDorléac #karlmalden #danielcraig #casinoroyale #hitleryouth #crusades

Big proud of all of the contributors to Thyme Travellers-- now an Ignyte Award nominated anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction!

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JFK CIA Bin Laden BRICS Time to cash in on the JFK file exposés; see my Winter Kills and Enemy of the State reviews. Not to mention the dollar crisis/BRICS standoff, along with Chinese debt control over Trump's America (see ...

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#jfk #cia #oswald #assassination #KrisKristofferson #TreatWilliams #SeanConnery #texas #gerryunderhill #brics #trump #dollarcrisis #china #debt #drugseconomy #flashpoint #robocop #filmnoir #coldwar #outland #MickeyRourke

Anti-Russian Viruses & AI After discussing The Ipcress File, the novel and the movie, I decided to start watching the Harry Palmer movies in general (starring Michael Caine), and you know what. I was surprised. With Billion Do...

Billion Dollar Brain, another sci-fi/conspiracy classic: theliberum.com/fresh-air-ha...
#jfk #texas #artificialintelligence #trump #michaelcaine #ukraine #covid #rfk #cia #biowar #jamesbond #CatherineDeneuve #FrançoiseDorléac #karlmalden #danielcraig #casinoroyale #hitleryouth #crusades

JFK CIA Bin Laden BRICS Time to cash in on the JFK file exposés; see my Winter Kills and Enemy of the State reviews. Not to mention the dollar crisis/BRICS standoff, along with Chinese debt control over Trump's America (see ...

theliberum.com/flashpoint-w...

#jfk #cia #oswald #assassination #KrisKristofferson #TreatWilliams #SeanConnery #texas #gerryunderhill #brics #trump #dollarcrisis #china #debt #drugseconomy #flashpoint #robocop #filmnoir #coldwar #outland #MickeyRourke

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

David Lynch vs Donald Trump The story is about an unnamed actress (Laura Harring) who narrowly survives a ‘deliberate’ car crash, losing her memory and being helped by rising starlet Betty (Naomi Watts). I think I’ve finally fig...

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Split personality California, in David's Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' and in Trump's anti-immigration America?!
#davidlynch #trump #ice #LAriots #mulhollanddrive #NaomiWatts #LauraHarring #lyndacarter #mexico #surrealism #filmnoir #immigration #SunsetBoulevard