Tawfiq retired and returned to Lebanon, Bharsaf, in 1975. During that time period, Tawfiq lived throughout the Lebanese civil war and was trying to call for peace. He wrote his autobiography in a collection of stories called "Husad al Aomor". In 1984, Tawfiq decided to stop writing. The frequent bombing incidents occurring in Lebanon gave Tawfiq reason to flee his home and hide in the Spanish embassy in Lebanon, knowing that his son-in-law was the Spanish ambassador in Lebanon. Tawfiq Yusuf ‘Awwad passed away in 1989 as a result of a targeted bombing directed towards the Spanish embassy.