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Born: October 9, 1898, Alexandria, Egypt. Died: July 26, 1987, Cairo (aged 88) Notable Works: “Ahl al-kahf”. “The Maze of Justice”. Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm (born October 9, 1898, Alexandria, Egypt—died July 26, 1987, Cairo) was the founder of contemporary Egyptian drama and a leading figure in modern Arabic literature.
Tawfiq al-Hakim. Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim ( Egyptian Arabic: توفيق الحكيم, ALA-LC: Tawfīq el-Ḥakīm; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama.
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His most celebrated work of long fiction, Yawmiyat na՚ib fi al-aryaf (1937; Maze of Justice, 1947), draws on al-Hakim’s experience as a legal functionary and deftly combines social...
ar-Racf (Tawfiq al-IHakim Fannan al-Furjah wa Fannan al-Fikr, Cairo, HMal, 1969, pp. 8-10) have sensed that the widely held view that al-Hakfm is primarily a thinker who uses humour for light relief underrates the depth of his interest in comedy and showmanship; yet it is fostered by al-Hakfm himself. Of several quotations ar-Racf has picked
M M Badawi. Tawfiq al-Hakim, who died on 26 July 1987 at the age of 89, was the last of that generation of distinguished Egyptian writers who laid the foundations of modern Egyptian literature and dominated the Arab literary scene for many decades this century. The generation included Taha Husayn (1889-1973), 'Abbas al-Aqqad (1889-1964 ...
Tawfiq al-Hakim's novel Maze of Justice when I was in high school and my consequent admiration for its author. I still recall how his dark humor and sarcasm made me burst into laughter. I have thought of him ever since as a humorist, until only a few years ago, when I began to detect another important dimension in his writings. That new dimension
