Author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik passes away

CAIRO – 3 April 2018: Egyptian prominent author

Ahmed Khaled Tawfik

died in Gharbia Monday at the age of 55.

Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem mourned the deceased, describing him as a great novelist who has always enriched the cultural life in Egypt and the Arab world.

Tawfik wrote more than 200 paperbacks

. He was the first contemporary Arab writer of horror and science fiction and the first Arab writer to explore the medical thriller genre.