This author was so notorious for misogyny in his younger years that he received the epithet ‘Aduww al Ma’ra, or “hater of women”. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author, who, 40 years into his career, wrote a pioneering modernist play in which a character plots war on the ants before dying in a bathtub, namely The Fate of a Cockroach.
ANSWER: Tawfiq al-Hakim [or Tawfik el-Hakim]
[10m] Hakim’s late-life political plays include one set after the Egyptian revolution titled for “Soft” examples of these things. The Communist Hoederer is assassinated in a Sartre play titled for “Dirty” examples of these things.
ANSWER: hands [or audi or mains; accept Soft Hands or Dirty Hands or Al Aydi Al Na’imah or Les mains sales]
[10e] Hakim’s early plays include a continuation of the One Thousand and One Nights, set after this woman has finished telling nightly stories to King Shahryar.
ANSWER: Scheherezade (“shuh-HEH-ruh-ZARD”) [or Shahrazad]