Tawfiq ‘Awwad’s childhood was heavily influenced by the stories read to him by his grandmother in the children’s book “alf Layla wa Layla.” His inspiration later came from French novelists as well as Arab writers and poets such as Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī (ابو الفرج الاصفهاني), Al- Mutanabi and Al- Jahiz. His creativeness was not only shaped by stories and other writers, but also his diplomatic life and travels which gave a new type of enrichment to his works.[1]