Nawara Negm (

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:نوارة نجم, ) (born in Cairo in 1973) is an Egyptian

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, blogger and human rights activist based in Cairo, Egypt. Daughter of the Notable leftist

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ian poet

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and Islamist Egyptian thinker and journalist Safinaz Kazem, she obtained her BA in English Language from the Faculty of Arts,

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and has since worked for the Egyptia
Nile Television Network
(NTN) as a translator and news editor.

Writings

In 2009 she published her first book, ''Esh A'rrih'' ('A Nest on the Wind'; arz, عش عالريح, ), a collection of articles, and in the same year she co-authored a book written exclusively by women writers under the title of ''Ana Ontha'' (I'm Female; Arabic: أنا أنثى).

Career

Since her first year in university, from 1992 to 1993, Negm apprenticed as a journalist for ''Al-Sahabab'', a monthly magazine issued by Al-Ahram Publishing House, then she moved to the

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'', issued also by Al-Ahram. She worked as an apprentice for ''Nesf Al-Donia'', a weekly women's magazine also printed by Al-Ahram. Sanaa Al-Bissy, the then editor-in-chief of the magazine decided to hire her but Ibrahim Nafie, ex-CEO of Al-Ahram, refused, saying that "she will be tenured when she ceases to be the daughter of Safinaz Kazem and

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Accessed on 29-3-2011 So Nawara Negm left Al-Ahram to explore other opportunities, working for '' AlWafd'' (a daily newspaper owned and run by the opposition party Al-Wafd), ''El-Helwa'' magazine, and ''Al-Qahira'' (a weekly newspaper published by the

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). Soon after graduating in 1997, she joined the Nile Television Network.

Journalistic writings

Negm contributed a weekly column every Sunday for '' AlWafd'', later she joined '' Al-Dustour'' daily newspaper to which electronic version she still contributes. Among her most well-known contributions to the electronic ''Al-Dustour'' is an

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translation in December 2010 of selected

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documents concerning

and some other

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Blog

In 2006 Negm inaugurated her predominantly political

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titled ''Gabhet El Tahyees El Shaabeya'' ( arz, جبهة التهييس الشعبية, ; may be translated, imperfectly, as 'Popular Front of Sarcasm'). The header of the blog features a young girl biting barbed wire and includes a caption, both in Arabic and in English, that reads "Freedom is only for those who are ready to die." During the Jan 25th Revolution, Negm was actively present in

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and volunteered as a spokesperson of the revolution, reporting to the media, mainly

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, her observations.

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