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The Essential Tawfiq Al-Hakim

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Tawfiq al-Hakim is recognized as the undisputed creator of a literature of the theater.

In this volume, Tawfiq al-Hakim's fame as a playwright is given prominence.

Among his best-known plays are "The Sultan's Dilemma" and "The Tree Climber".

Tawfiq al-Hakim produced several of the earliest examples of Arabic novels, including the delightful "Diary of a Country Prosecutor", and many short stories.

In an extract from "The Prison of Life", an autobiography, Tawfiq al-Hakim writes with commendable frankness about himself.

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9774161513 / 9789774161513
Hardback
892.726
31/12/1999
Egypt
256 pages
154 x 234 mm
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