Emad El-Din Aysha is an academic, journalist and translator, currently stationed in Cairo, Egypt. While an Arab and Muslim he was born in the United Kingdom and is a native speaker of both English and Arabic. He completed his undergraduate and post-graduate education in England (BA, MA, PhD) and has taught topics ranging from international politics to Arab society at universities in Egypt. He’s a regular commentator on Mideast politics and a movie reviewing by natural predisposition. The two great loves of his life are history and science fiction. He’s finally moving into the literary realm, both as an original author and as a translator of short Arabic fiction.