Ahmed Khaled Tawfik

Ahmed Khaled Tawfik

(June 10, 1962 – April 2, 2018)

✍️ Egyptian writer, author, translator, physician, and university professor

🦇 The first Arab writer in horror literature

📚 A pioneer in youth literature, fantasy, and science fiction

👑 Nicknamed "The Godfather"

📌 Personal Information

🎂 Born: June 10, 1962 – Tanta, Egypt

⚰️ Died: April 2, 2018 (aged 55) – Al-Demerdash Hospital

❤️ Marital Status: Married, father of two

🏛 Education: Faculty of Medicine – Tanta University (PhD in Tropical Medicine)

🎓 Profession:

Professor and consultant in tropical medicine

Writer, novelist, and author

📖 Major Literary Works

🔮 Novel Series:

🦇 Ma Wara' Al Tabi'a (Metaphysics) (1992 – 2014) 🏚️

🏰 Fantasia (1995) ⚔️

🌍 Safari (1996) 🏕️

🌐 WWW (2006) 💻

📚 Novels:

🎭 Utopia (2008) 🔥

🗡 Al-Singa (2012) 🖋

🌞 Like Icarus (2015) ☀️

🐀 In the Mice Passage (2016) 🕳

📝 Essay Collections:

📜 Flammable Clippings (2007)

☕ Tea with Mint (2012)

☢ Uranium Coffee (2012)

😂 Gloomy Laughter (2012)

🔍 Other Books:

🏚 The Encyclopedia of Darkness (2006)

🔍 The Myth-Buster (2007)

📖 The Mystery Behind the Lines (2017)

🌍 His Works in Translation

🥊 Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk

✈️ The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

🏴‍☠️ The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman

🚬 Dermaphoria – Craig Clevenger

🏴‍☠️ Che Guevara: A Graphic Biography

🏅 His Influence in Literature & Journalism

📰 He wrote for several newspapers and magazines, including:

Shabab Magazine – Al-Ahram Foundation

Al-Tahrir Newspaper

Various other magazines

🎙 "I don't think many people want to know anything about the author... I consider myself, without any humility, a boring person to an infuriating extent!"

🕊 His Passing

⚠️ Ahmed Khaled Tawfik passed away on April 2, 2018, due to a sudden health crisis caused by ventricular fibrillation while undergoing heart surgery at Al-Demerdash Hospital.

🌹 The Godfather is gone, but his words will live on in the hearts of his readers forever...