Events
Egypt , the most famous of Egypt, Ahmed Fouad Negm
satirist , he was ill for some time and died. He was 84 years old , Negm died
in the early hours of Tuesday,this is the event in Egypt.
Egyptians mourn the death of the man known as the (
people's poet ) who invited successive military leaders whose work has inspired
young generations to change things.
His satirical work , written in Egyptian colloquial
Arabic , struck a chord with people as they struggled to come to terms with
important events in the history of their nation.
Ahmed Fouad Negm is the poet of the people, he was
always in revolt and he taught many generations, said the singer Azza Balba .
She was among many friends and family at the funeral , which took place in a
well-known in the medieval quarter of Cairo mosque.
Trapped under the sovereigns of Egypt Nasser, Sadat
and Mubarak , the poet also criticized the Islamists, including Mohamed Mursi
of the first elected president of the country, who was ousted by the army in
June 30
Famous poet and lyricist leaves reflections on a
nation a legacy :
He was known as a poet of the people and the ( protestpoet ) , the use of Negm familiar Egyptian Arabic endeared him to his
countrymen who saw his reflection to a unvarnished what they thought of
milestones in the history of their nation as the humiliating defeat at the
hands of Israel in 1967, the peace treaty with Israel in 1979 and the
authoritarian regime of Hosni Mubarak.
Negm rose to fame in the 1970s when his poetry was
sung by the blind musician Sheikh Imam. The duo, who mostly made in popular
cafes and university students , generations of young people who aspire to the
inspired change.
He had little formal education. During his life, he
took jobs as a servant of the house and a postal worker . He was imprisoned for
his political views under the rule of former Presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and
Anwar Sadat .
"I
'm not a humble person and I 'm not stupid . I know I 'm a poet who touched
this country," he once told a reporter.
He is the father of the prominent activist Nawara Negm
and columnist , an emblematic figure of the revolt that toppled Mubarak 2011.
His funeral will be held at the historic mosque Imam
Hussein in the medieval section of the Egyptian capital.
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