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- August 28th, 2008: Abdul Ahad's dynamical study on the "Rings of the Earth" was published by IslamOnline.Net following his interview with that organisation's UK correspondent. "Ahad's paper is now being widely viewed as a landmark study in scientific circles, as it provides the first analytical proof that the Earth has always been — and will most likely always remain — forever ringless."
Full article viewable here.
May 8th, 2008: Abdul Ahad was awarded Honorary Membership of Bangladesh Astronomical Society by a letter of invitation from Mr. F. R. Sarker (General Secretary). Honorary Membership is awarded under Section 5(v) of the Society's Constitution Rules that states: "Honorary Membership of the Society may be awarded to a person of international repute in the area of astronomy and space science."
April 2008: Part 2 in the First Ark series ("The True Price of Immortality") was Science Fiction/Paranormal feature of the month at Allbooks Reviews.
October 15th, 2007: The second novel in the First Ark series was recommended reading in The American Chronicle, having been reviewed the previous month in The Daily Star.
August 19th, 2007: Abdul Ahad was telephone interviewed by Anwarul Hoque at the Birmingham studios of BBC Asian Network’s Weekend Bangla program, 2300 British Summer Time. The interview again covered his First Ark to Alpha Centauri sci-fi series.
August 8th, 2007: Abdul Ahad was guest of honor with Rajini Vaidyanathan live on BBC Asian Network’s Nihal program, 1120 to 1140 British Summer Time. The interview took place at BBC Television Center, London, focussing on the author’s views about the future colonization of outer space and his publication of First Ark to Alpha Centauri novel series.
Ahad's Sphere of the Sun's radiative zone of pre-eminence was cited in the following on and (known) off-line publications: The Mathaba News Network (February 1st, 2007), The American Chronicle, IslamOnline.Net The Daily Star, Writewords.org.uk, Whosreadit.Com, The Muslim Writers Society (July 30th, 2005), Muktadara.Net (Page 71 - "Notable Scientists"), The Luton Herald & Post (August 4th, 2005, p. 29), the Janomot (London: Sep 30-Oct 06, 2005, p. 19) and Bangla Mirror newspapers.
"To boldly go where no Muslim has gone before" - Full page article from The Luton News - September 13th 2006, page 4. Read excerpts here.
Abdul Ahad declared sci-fi hero by Bedfordshire newspapers on account of his outstanding achievements. His first book sold a record number of copies in his local Ottakars/Waterstones book store, exceeding prior averages for a locally published author of any genre.
First Ark to Alpha Centauri was featured in the Brit Bangla book success celebrations held in London on April 30th, 2006 and profiled as a best-selling
success story in Integria's Headstart incubation project.
The author and his concept were featured in the Headstart project newsletter, April-June 2006. Abdul Ahad received a certificate of exceptional achievement at the Luton Assembly's "Best of Luton Awards 2006" event celebrated March 30th, 2006 in his home town of Luton, UK.
Above image is courtesy of Luton Borough Council. Click to download a full version.
Based on Amazon sales ranks in the UK, France and Germany, First Ark to Alpha Centauri has had a best-seller status consistently within its subject genre ever since the book's launch back in October 2005.
Abdul Ahad won a Community Award on Channel S television, for his book achieving best-seller status on Amazon.co.uk and also in recognition of his astronomical discoveries. The award was presented by His Excellency, the High Commissioner of Bangladesh on a live show in London, aired worldwide 2030 GMT on February 21st, 2006. [Source: Luton/Dunstable on Sunday, September 10th 2006, page 33] | 
