Sep 30, 2013 · AB: The father of the sci fi in Arabic is undoubtedly Nihad Sharif, an Egyptian writer who passed away not long ago. His novel Qahirah al-Zaman (Victory of Time) is considered a milestone in the production of science fiction.

Mar 20, 2024 · This chapter examines Nihad Sharif’s The Inhabitants of the Second World (1977), arguing that his text illuminates a new cosmopolitan view of utopia, which is groundbreaking in modern Arabic literature.

Jun 17, 2014 · Nihad Sharif said the science fiction has a “vital value” and defined it as “the literature of the future, a place in which to share things.” In his opinion, science fiction was a means to create debates on matters of vital importance and a …

Mar 28, 2018 · Nihad Sharif was a lighthouse that guided the next generations (the third and fourth generation of writers). Then came Nabil Faouk and Ahmed Khalid Tawfik as the third wave, that greatly helped to reach the vast majority of the Arab and Egyptian youth.

Nahed Sherif (Arabic: ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s. Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial (سميحة زكي النيال) and a Lycée Français du Caire dropout, she was discovered by director Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess and made her debut in 1958. [1] .

Aug 24, 2019 · Nihad Sharif (1932-2011), a family friend, was perhaps the first Egyptian writer to really specialise in writing science fiction. but he wasn’t the very first to write science fiction. In particular, Tawfiq Al-Hakim (1898-1987) and Mustafa Mahmoud (1921-2009) wrote before him in the 1950s and 60s.

Feb 7, 2021 · Nihad Sherif’s “The Woman in the Flying Saucer” (1981) has female humanoid aliens coming to Earth, asking help from an astronomer. There is a romantic atmosphere in the air but nothing more (Snir, 2000: 275-276).

Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz and Taha Hussein.

The family of the late Nihad Sharif, the pioneer of science fiction literature in the Arab world, holds the first contest under Sharif's name. The event takes place in his house every month. The …

Jun 17, 2023 · So, this study tended to search for the worldview that is in the science fiction novel in two cultures, by comparing two novels, “The Time Conqueror” by Nihad Sharif, and “The Time Machine” by Wells, then relied on Genetic structuralism by Goldman, that stands for deep structure which surface structure refers to it, and what it contains ...