Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa
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Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa (Arabic:ما وراء الطبيعة) is the title of a series of novels written by Ahmad Khaled Towfeq. As of March 2007, 69 novels were published.
[edit] Characters
- Refaat Ismael: The permanent hero of the series.
- Ezzat: Refaat's neighbor whom he met in the 3rd story, he was thought to be a cannibal but he turned out to be innocent. Ezzat is a sculptor, a little famous in Egypt, loves Alexandria and is awake all night. He has hypo tension.
- Adel and Seham. Adel is his school friend who now works in national security, he is ill-tempered and almost always busy and asked for Refaat's help in metaphysics/related security problems, he has witnessed some of those phenomenons but still finds them hoaxes and never believes refaat. He lives in Alexandria and is married to seham who introduced him to Howaida.
- Howaida: She was Refaat's somewhat-ignorant fiancee who broke up with him later. She always pretended to be fragile and feminine while she was only dumb. She later got married to a man who appeared with her, pregnant, in the legend of the end of the night.
- Dr. Ramzy: An Egyptology professor who knows all about the pharoahs and appeared in the legend of the pharoah's curse, the horror circle, the boring legend, the legend of the mummy and the alphabet(Special Editions)
- Dr. Samy: Refaat's psychologist friend who was the host of lots of creepy stories in his haunted villa, until he sold it and after that he only participated in the ghoul club. Has a lovely wife who is so sociable and always invites Refaat to the social events she hosts.
- Dr. Camilia: A philosopher Refaat first met in book 21, it was a replica of her but he finally met her after that and they became friends. She's participated in a different legend and some others.
- Harry Sheldon: Refaat's reckless American friend who is always ready two fight. He has a wife, Linda and has been with Refaat almost every time he went to the USA, famous stories he took part in: The blue flame and the doll.
- Sam Colby: who's not his friend but a main character in lots of legends as he's a 'magician', he is Jewish, and while Refaat doesn't have anything against non-Zionist Jews, he dislikes Sam and thinks he's an impostor. Colby has a persistent prostate problem and as he 'distrusts' American surgeons, he always constantly goes to the toilet. He was the one who introduced Dr. Lucifer to Refaat.
- Dr. Lucifer: Is not Refaat's friend but he always pulls tricks on him like the Pandora box trick and has saved him at some other times too. He's a strange demonic creature but looks human, and has high authorities in the side of the stars, a parallel world full of monsters that Refaat has visited before.
