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Tawfiq al-Hakim

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

Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. 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 drama genre as it has endeavored to adapt its complex modes of communication to Egyptian society.

9 October 1898

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