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Dystopias and alien invasions: Iraqi writers use science fiction to reimagine their country.
Iraqi playwright and scientist Hassan Abdulrazzak will talk about science fiction in Arabic literature at the Science Museum in London this week. Mr. Abdulrazzak will present his short science fiction story, based on an alien invasion of Baghdad. “I grew up watching alien-invasion films but they always go to America first. So my aliens go…
