Ahmed Fouad Negm
أحمد فؤاد نجم
Writer
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Egypt
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Cairo,
Egypt
Egyptian vernacular poet whose politically charged verse, often set to music by Sheikh Imam, became a voice of dissent for decades.
Ahmed Fouad Negm wrote sharp, colloquial political poetry that repeatedly landed him in prison under successive Egyptian governments, and his long collaboration with singer Sheikh Imam produced some of the most enduring protest songs in modern Egyptian culture.
Representation
Independent