Cheryl Morgan interviews Egyptian writer Ahmed Khaled Towfik. Originally published in Locus. Ahmed Khaled Towfik Interview By Cheryl Morgan Ahmed Khaled Towfik is one of the most prolific authors in Egypt, having written over 500 books. A trained doctor himself, he specializes in medical thrillers and horror, but he has also written science fiction and it... Continue Reading →
Utopia by Ahmed Khaled Towfik Reviewed
Strange Horizons reviews Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia: Utopia, the first novel by the prolific and popular Towfik to be translated into English, was published in Cairo in 2008. It was an instant bestseller, and has been reprinted four times. Set in 2023, it depicts a bleak Egypt divided into the pampered inhabitants of Utopia, and... Continue Reading →
Arabic SF Novel to be Published in English
[via io9, others] Ahmed Khaled Towfik's dystopian SF novel, Utopia, is set to appear in English for the first time, published by the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation. From Wikipedia: 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... Continue Reading →
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