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- Title
Incarceration as a Gateway to Wonder in the Poetry of Ahmed Fouad Negm.
- Authors
Ul Haq, Ahsan
- Abstract
Ahmed Fouad Negm (1929-2013), was an Egyptian poet writing poetry in colloquial Arabic. He is one of the most celebrated revolutionary poet of Egypt. Negm was arrests and imprisoned multiple times for his outspoken and dissent voice. It was behind the prison walls that he found his voice. His prison poetry has strong impact on the minds of Egyptian folk, and inspires resistance against the dictatorship and regimes. Negm, remains the most popular and vernacular poet of Egypt. Typifying the artist's progress, from inside the prison/jail Negm continues to speak for the voiceless Egyptians. This paper is an attempt study his prison poetry, and how jail/prison infused spark in his art. The paper will examine some of the best prison testimonials translate in English.
- Subjects
NAJM, Ahmad Fu'ad, 1929-2013; EGYPTIAN poetry; EGYPTIAN folk literature; IMPRISONMENT; DICTATORSHIP
- Publication
Contemporary Literary Review India, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2250-3366
- Publication type
Article