Ahmed Khaled Towfik
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Born: | June, 1962 Tanta, Egypt |
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Occupation: | Novelist, Author & Poet |
Nationality: | Egyptian |
Genres: | Horror, Drama & Comedy |
Website: | ahmed-khaled.com |
Dr. Ahmed Khaled Towfik Farraag (commonly known as Ahmed Khaled Towfik) is an Egyptian novelist/author who is one of the very first Egyptian writers to attempt writing Horror/Science Fiction novels with all Egyptian characters and events that happen in Egypt and all around the globe. He also writes periodical articles for journals and web-based magazines. He is known to have a unique attitude at writing which seems to appeal to both Egyptian and Arab youth, making him one of the most preferable modern authors in the Middle East.
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[edit] Biography
Born June 1962 in the city of Tanta, Egypt. He has graduated from medical school of Tanta University in 1985 and got his PhD in the year 1997. He joined the Modern Arab Association in 1992 and published his first book of (Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa) titled The Vampire and the Legend of the Werewolf in January 1993.
[edit] His most famous characters
[edit] Refaat Ismael
Refaat Ismael is the main character of Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa. He's a retired Doctor who had a life full of metaphysical experiences. He never married and is known for his sarcastic attitude. Refaat is widely loved by the rewayat fans, and many of them refer to Ahmed Khaled as Refaat Ismail himself; as there are many noticeable similarities between both of them.
[edit] Alaa abdel Azeem
Alaa abdel Azeem is the main character of Safari_(novel). He is an Egyptian Young physician who works for "Safari" that is a medical association (imagined by the author-Ahmed Khaled Towfik-) that was founded in several countries in Africa to "hunt down" diseases in Africa like animals were hunted in the Real Safari trips;
He has married his Canadian partner "Dr. Bernadette Jones" who works in pediatrics, He has some characteristics that differ him from Refaat Ismael, he is a little nervous,and not an excellent physician, but he has the talent of learning fast, and he loves surgery very much.
[edit] Abeer abdel Rahman
Abeer abdel Rahman is the main character of Fantasia. She is a simple Egyptian housewife who isn't smart or beautiful but she reads a lot almost in every field. She marries a handsome computer programmer called Sherif who invented DG-2 which is a hi-tech device that can reproduce human's previous knowledge in the form of dreams. She has the chance to participate in any story she knows and live with any character ( such as Super Man - Batman - Adham Sabry )
She finds out that Sherif has a secret affair with a work colleague and gets her divorce.
[edit] Works
- In Rewayat Masreya Lil Guib.
- An arabic translation of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club novel.
- Ahmad Khaled also writes periodical articles for EL Destoor, Rewayty.com.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- Dr. Ahmad at The World of Stories (Arabic)
- Dr. Ahmad at Rewayat.com (Arabic)