[7] In January 1993, he published the first installment in his horror/thriller series Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa (Arabic: ما وراء الطبيعة), which translates to Beyond nature or "Metaphysics".

[8] His writing style appealed to both Egyptian and broader Arabic-speaking audiences, gaining him popularity in Egypt, and the rest of the Middle East.

Tawfik draws from personal experiences in their creation; fans consider him their "godfather" and identify him most closely with his character Refaat Ismael, who is featured in the Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa series.

He's a young Egyptian physician who works for a fictitious medical establishment named Safari, with branches in African countries.

Fantasia presented his readers to a wide spectrum of topics from Arthur Conan Doyle and Sikhism, to Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Mafia's Cosa Nostra.

[citation needed] Other works include: Ahmed Khaled Tawfik died on 2 April 2018 at El Demerdash Hospital in Cairo, Egypt.