Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Tales for Boys and Girls

Description

Those who knew Tawfiq al-Hakim during his lifetime remember him as resembling Scheherazade from One Thousand and One Nights. His conversation was captivating, his imagination boundless, and his charming, delightful stories seemed endless. Tawfiq al-Hakim always narrated his tales in a captivating, theatrical manner, making everyone feel they were in the presence of a gifted writer with a wealth of beautiful stories, capable of presenting them to the public as if performing them on a stage or screen. Tawfiq al-Hakim wrote these stories and dedicated them to his granddaughter, “My dear, beloved, clever, and charming little bird, with my love and abundant kisses.”