Although he had been ill for a long time, publisher Mohamed Hashem said Negm sounded fine the day before his death, but remarked further that his voice was "a little heavy" | Awards [ ] In 2007, Negm was chosen by the Poverty Action as Ambassador of the poor |
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On the first occasion, Negm noticed that Imam took over an hour to tweak the strings of the Oud before starting his first demonstration to the new guest | Early life [ ] Ahmed Fouad Negm was born in , , to a family of |
Negm was one of seventeen brothers.
Like many poets and writers of his generation, he received his education at the religious Kutaab schools managed by | He was imprisoned for 3 years for counterfeiting form, during which he participated and won first place in a writing competition organized by the Supreme Council for the Arts |
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His mother, Hanem Morsi Negm, was a housewife, and his father Mohammed Ezat Negm, a police officer | In 1962, Negm was introduced to Imam by a friend who believed that the two, poet Negm and composer Imam, could make a perfect duo |
But, Sheikh Imam in particular compensated Negm for the earlier rejection by his orphanage-mate Abdel Halim Hafez.
16Negm's funeral took place in , Cairo | Negm has been regarded as "a bit of a folk hero in Egypt |
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Negm lived in a small room on the rooftop of a house in el-Dakror neighborhood | Negm was quick enough to sense that the blind Sheikh was a hidden treasure of Islamic literacy and music talent, and with his physical handicap, he could use the help of Negm's eyes and words |
After he was released, he was appointed as a clerk in the organization for Asian and African peoples.
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