Ahmad Fouad Nagm : Poet Of The People

Egyptian poet Ahmad Fouad Nagm died three years ago in Cairo. Hewas 84 . He was jailed for the total of 17 years of his life because of his satiric poems and his political views under the rule of former presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.Nagm shot to fame in the 70s when his poetry was sung by the musician Sheikh Imam Issa. The duo , who mostly performed in popular coffee houses and to university students , inspired generations of youth hoping for change in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. He was a supporter of the 2011 uprising that toppled the Mubarak regime , and opposed the rule of the "Muslim Brotherhood" . His poetry communicated both a love for his country and scathing criticism of its ills.

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