Mohamed Tawfik

Last updated February 22, 2025

Mohamed Tawfik (born 1956) is an Egyptian novelist, engineer and diplomat. His published works include a trilogy of novels in Arabic:^[1]

One Night in the Life of Abd al-Tawab Tootoo (1996)
A Naughty Boy Called Antar (2003)
Candy Girl (2010) (part of the curriculum at American University in Cairo)

He has also published two short story collections and a novella. In English he has published a short story collection The Day the Moon Fell and two novels: Murder in the Tower of Happiness and Candy Girl, translated from Arabic.^[1] His 2021 Arabic novel The Whisper of the Scorpion was longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize.

A longtime diplomat, he served as Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon, to Australia and to the USA.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 "International Prize for Arabic fiction - Mohamed Tawfik" . Retrieved July 11, 2024.
↑ https://arabicfiction.org/en/node/1892
↑ "Cairo Review of Global Affairs - Candygirl". www.thecairoreview.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

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[Prize-1] 1 2 "International Prize for Arabic fiction - Mohamed Tawfik" . Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[2] ttps://arabicfiction.org/en/node/1892

[3] "Cairo Review of Global Affairs - Candygirl". www.thecairoreview.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

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