Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)

Tawfiq al-Hakim

Egyptian writer (1898-1987)

Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim was an Egyptian writer. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that are represented by the reception of his enormous output of plays are emblematic of the issues that have confronted the Egyptian…