Tawfiq Yusuf 'Awwad

Tawfiq Yusuf 'Awwad was a Lebanese writer and diplomat. His 1939 novel Al-Raghif, inspired by Arab resistance to the Turks in World War I, "was quickly recognized as a landmark in the literary expression of Arab nationalism". His only other novel, Death In Beirut, was similarly well-regarded. 'Awwad also wrote poetry, essays, and plays. He was killed in a bombing in 1989 during the Lebanese Civil War.