Ahmad Fouad Negm

Writing

Ahmad Fouad Negm

Born May 23, 1929 · Egypt

Died December 3, 2013 · aged 84

Ahmad Fouaad Negm is one of the most important colloquial poets in Egypt, one of the most influential Egyptian Leftists and a prominent figure in art and poetry dedicated to toiling masses against corrupt ruling classes. Because of that, he was imprisoned for 18 years.

Known For

Bitter Day, Sweet DayBitter Day, Sweet Day · 1988
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
6.31988
MovieDrama
Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their way in life.
The SparrowThe Sparrow · 1972
The Sparrow
6.91972
MovieDrama
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Youth on AirYouth on Air · 2002
Youth on Air
5.02002
MovieComedyCrime
Three friends decide to create a TV station without a license to detect defects of society. Inadvertently snapping pictures assassination of a public figure. They change the place of broadcasting so as not to fall into the hands of the gang or security forces or their families.
The King Is the KingThe King Is the King · 2006
The King Is the King
2006
MovieDramaMusic
The play tells the story of a king who is bored with the ruling. He decides to disguise himself and his minister in search of entertainment among the public. He meets a bankrupt merchant who spends his time in wine and delirium and dreams of being king. The king decides to wear his clothes and make him the king of the day until he laughs at this strange scene. That the merchant is the king, including the queen and the palace guards, and the merchant discovers a plot to overthrow the rule that day, which entrench him more above his chair, and finds the king himself a victim of a recreational game.
King LearKing Lear · 2019
King Lear
2019
Movie
The events of the play decided about King Lear, who decided to distribute his possessions to his three daughters, and because his youngest daughter consented to him, he deprived her of his blessings, and another for his distribution of property stipulated that one of his numbers in choosing specific constructions for everything and expelling their father
The ComaThe Coma · 1998
The Coma
1998
MovieDrama
When Sherif returns from abroad, he befriends a group of unemployed junkies, including a girl whose father lives in Kuwait and sends her a lot of money, a young man who went mad because of drugs, and the son of a a major general who is separated from his wife.
The BogeymanThe Bogeyman · 1990
The Bogeyman
1990
MovieComedyMusic
A play about a guy called Mahrous who suffers from the inability to consummate his marriage due to the lack of an apartment. He meets a janitor in a building named Thabet by chance who offers an apartment for rent for a very small amount but with a high brokerage. Mahrous cannot back down despite knowing that it is inhabited by demons, after he signed the contract and paid the brokerage. So what will he do?
El FagommiEl Fagommi · 2011
El Fagommi
4.52011
MovieDramaHistory
A biography about Ahmed Fouad Negm, the famous poet of the Egyptian colloquial, depicting the important historical and revolutionary stages, from his struggle fighting the English occupation and political oppression, to his imprisonment and his relationship with his companion the composer Sheikh Imam Issa.

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