Mohamed Tawfik

Mohamed Tawfik trained in engineering at Cairo University and later studied international law and diplomacy in Paris and Cairo. He joined Egypt’s diplomatic service in 1983 and served as ambassador in Australia and Lebanon before his Washington mission, which ran from September 2012 to August 2015. ^{1, 2}

Tawfik developed a second career as a novelist and short story writer, publishing in Arabic and translating his work into English. His novel Candygirl combines espionage, virtual worlds, and the experience of an Egyptian nuclear scientist. After leaving diplomatic service in 2016, he concentrated on writing and literary workshops. ^{1, 2}