Fouad Haddad (1927–1985) was an Egyptian poet, who wrote in the
Egyptian vernacular.
Life
Fouad Haddad was born in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
. His mother came from a Syrian family and his father was a Lebanese academic who later became an Egyptian citizen.
[Amira El-Noshokaty]
Wake up, sleepyhead!
, ''Al-Ahram Weekly
''Al-Ahram Weekly'' is an English-language weekly broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in Cairo, Egypt.
History and profile
''Al Ahram Weekly'' was established in 1991 by the ''Al-Ahram'' newspaper, which also runs a French-langu ...
'', No. 913 (4–10 September 1998)
He joined the
Egyptian Communist Party
The Egyptian Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي المصري) (ECP) is a communist party in Egypt.
History and profile
The modern Egyptian Communist Party was formed in 1975 by a number of members of the former Egyptian Communist Pa ...
, and was jailed from 1953 to 1956 and 1959 to 1964. He collaborated with the composer
Sayed Mekkawi, providing lyrics for ''Al-Masararati'', a show broadcast on
Egyptian National Radio and subsequently turned a television programme.
[
Fouad Haddad and his friend, the poet ]Salah Jaheen
Muhammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Ahmad Helmy (, ), known as "Salah Jaheen" or "Salah Jahin" ( ar, صلاح جاهين, ; December 25, 1930 – April 21, 1986) was a leading Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist.
Life and career
Jah ...
, were the subject of a 2011 television documentary by Dinah Hamza.Documentary on famed Egyptian poets Haddad and Jaheen to air, ONTV
''Ahram Online'', 21 April 2011
References
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1927 births
1985 deaths
Egyptian male poets
20th-century Egyptian poets
20th-century male writers