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The Arabs have no Shakespeare; their theatrical history is relatively short due to religious, cultural and geographical reasons. Tawfiq al-Hakim emerged as the father of Arab playwriting.
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Ismat, R. (2019). Tawfiq al-Hakim: A Pyramid of Arabic Drama. In: Artists, Writers and The Arab Spring. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02668-4_3
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