Writer | SFF | Arabfuturist | BSFA | Codex | Debut THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out in 2026 from Gollancz & Saga Presshttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlszmjk44k2zIt's Launch Day for THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY and I am so proud that my strange Arabfuturist story is out there in the world for readers to discover. (1/5)14 May 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlszmjk44k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlrbin3nrs26My first podcast! Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social O my brothers, I had a bona raz palavering with @robincmduncan.bsky.social about tutto libro things. Molti parreko for the opportuna, bencove. (Well, we did talk a lot about constructed languages!) https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-q5auc-1ac1b3613 May 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrbin3nrs26https://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlq5e4ft5s2yVery considered and considerate review of THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY from @stewarthotston.com & @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq5e4ft5s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlmkhmr6ok2zI've been saying this for years actually12 May 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmkhmr6ok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mli5d23wc22nTROM is also here from @allisonmick.bsky.social in the US.10 May 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mli5d23wc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlgxvdkndk2tMay the 9th chip and shatter!09 May 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgxvdkndk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlgtyutiqk2zGreat spot, Laura! Beware, the Republic of Memory has slipped its shackles and is out in the wild! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgtyutiqk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlekhx3tok2uThe Guardian says that THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY is a "thoughtful, exciting space opera" with Nupol adding a "distinctive flavour to a speculative fiction its author calls Arabfuturism." O my brothers, that's molti-bona and no flies! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/08/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup08 May 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlekhx3tok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlc2k3txvk22The Republic of Memory took the Page 69 test. See how it did. https://page69test.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-republic-of-memory.html?m=107 May 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc2k3txvk22https://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mlaojzylr22iAll hail Mew, conqueror of the box!07 May 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaojzylr22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3ml47iz5xi22oIt's Pub Day for my debut novel, THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY. It's an Arabfuturist story of a revolution set on a generation ship with lots of linguistic shenanigans. Chapeau to tu!05 May 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml47iz5xi22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3ml3spubr4s27Telemachus (in an American accent): My dad is coming home! Oh, i'm worried about Chris Nolan's The Odyssey05 May 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3spubr4s27https://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkzvfd7n522dMay the 4th be with you!04 May 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzvfd7n522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkxlmipync2jPlease, nobody tell Richard Dawkins about Tamagotchis03 May 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxlmipync2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkx5dlmpu22pI started reading The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld (artwork by Francisco Solano López). Argentinian science fiction that is as relevant aa ever. Enjoyed the Netflix show last year and now enjoying the original.03 May 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx5dlmpu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkprpn55wk2lThe sun is out in London. Londoners: lose their minds and clothes. Me, an Egyptian, glaring up at the weak European sun with my bare eyeballs: IS THAT ALL YOU GOT? https://media.tenor.com/V2Jp48nBOn4AAAAC/joker-batman.gif?hh=223&ww=49830 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkprpn55wk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mknuqguexk22I've been reading a lot of Arabic poetry for my current wip so here's some Muhammad al-Maghout. Tomorrow, o beloved, tomorrow We will awaken early with the sailors and their sails, And we will rise on the wind Like birds, Like raging blood, And roam over the desert As lips roam over lips.29 Apr 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknuqguexk22https://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mklnxcstwc2aI'm heading to Kenya next month to take part in Nairobi Litfest. Looking forward to talking with Marta Peirano & Frankline Sunday. Brace yourself for some anti-AI diatrabes!28 Apr 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklnxcstwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkgbz364qc2hHappy Alien Day, everyone. Don't stick your fingers into any extra-terrestrial eggs and keep your face covered at all times!26 Apr 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgbz364qc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkecbyvmbk2tWhen writers put their characters through hell for the sake of the plot.26 Apr 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkecbyvmbk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkdkngwjjs2tMew, aura farming worse than Thragg. Happy Caturday, all.25 Apr 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdkngwjjs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mkaccak3y22qReading Ilona Andrew's This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. A portal fantasy where the main character is a super-fan of the grimdark fantasy book they are in. It's meta in just the way I like. LOL'd at the 'but the story is unfinished. We've been waiting ages for the final book!'24 Apr 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaccak3y22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mk5lta2ais2bLondon Fox: What are you looking at, bruv?23 Apr 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5lta2ais2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mjz5ufgjr22qFriend: Do you want to watch Michael? Me: Michael, the 1996 Nora Ephron classic where John Travolta plays the eponymous archangel who has inexplicably come to Earth and he battles a bull and it ends with Van Morrison's 'Bright Side of the Road?' YES! Friend: Uh....21 Apr 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz5ufgjr22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mjytaqionk24Hans Zimmer's Dune Part Three Fremen war chant: LSD! LSD! LSD! Me: Well, this tracks!21 Apr 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjytaqionk24https://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mjtq6rv3ps2rStory idea: Lovecraftian horror set in a small English town in the nineties but the eldritch horror is Mr. Blobby. "In the House of No'el, the party is ever in a state of upheaval / As Bl'obby, He of the yellow pustules, spreads his Evil."19 Apr 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtq6rv3ps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mjq2ugyvu22nFinished 'The Spear Cuts Through Water' by Simon Jimenez. Love love loved it! Audacious premise, beautiful prose and really stuck the landing. This book is magical.17 Apr 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjq2ugyvu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mahmudelsayed.bsky.social/post/3mjosxs4s722mA really lovely review of THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY from @princejvstin.com but more an interesting rumination on generation ship stories in general. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:fkltyevb2d6v4hvaokasb3fe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjosxs4s722m