Introduction / Basma Ghalayini -- Song of the birds -- Saleem Haddad -- Sleep it off, Dr Schott / Selma Dabbagh -- N / Majd Kayyal ; translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes -- The key / Anwar Hamed ; translated by Andrew Leber -- Digital nation / Emad El-Din Aysha -- Personal hero / Abdalmuti Maqboul ; translated by Yasmine Seale -- Vengeance / Tasnim Abutabikh -- Application 39 / Ahmed Masoud -- The association / Samir El-Youssef ; translated by Raph Cormack -- Commonplace / Rawan Yagho -- Final warning / Talal Abu Shawish ; translated by Mohamed Ghalaieny -- The curse of the Mud Ball Kid / Mazen Maarouf ; translated by Jonathan Wright.
Summary:
"Poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in the year 2048 - a century after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the Nakba? How might this event - which, in 1948, saw the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs from their homes - reach across a century of occupation, oppression, and political isolation, to shape the country and its people? Will a lasting peace finally have been reached, or will future technology only amplify the suffering and mistreatment of Palestinians? Covering a range of approaches - from SF noir, to nightmarish dystopia, to high-tech farce - these stories use the blank canvas of the future to reimagine the Palestinian experience today. Along the way, we encounter drone swarms, digital uprisings, time-bending VR, peace treaties that span parallel universes, and even a Palestinian superhero, in probably the first anthology of science fiction from Palestine ever."--Publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.