The essential Tawfiq al-Hakim : plays, fiction, autobiography
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The essential Tawfiq al-Hakim : plays, fiction, autobiography
(Modern Arabic literature)
American University in Cairo Press, c2008
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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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