When his father died, he went to live with his uncle Hussein in , but was placed in an orphanage in 1936 where he first met famous singer	He is the subject of the book A Homeland Called Desire Merit House, Cairo, 2005 by Egyptian poet
In 1945, at the age of 17, he left the orphanage and returned to his village to work as a shepherd	When he met singer and composer in Khosh Adam neighborhood, they became roommates and formed a famous signing duet

أجمل قصائد “شاعر الفقراء” أحمد فؤاد نجم

Although he had been ill for a long time, publisher Mohamed Hashem said Negm sounded fine the day before his death, but remarked further that his voice was "a little heavy".

أحمد فؤاد نجم Quotes (Author of أحمد فؤاد نجم): Negm has been regarded as "a bit of a folk hero in Egypt
الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة أحمد فؤاد نجم: Death [ ] In the early hours of 3 December 2013, Negm died at the age of 84 in
أحمد فؤاد نجم Quotes (Author of أحمد فؤاد نجم): He was imprisoned for 3 years for counterfeiting form, during which he participated and won first place in a writing competition organized by the Supreme Council for the Arts

Negm was quick enough to sense that the blind Sheikh was a hidden treasure of Islamic literacy and music talent, and with his physical handicap, he could use the help of Negm's eyes and words	Negm lived in a small room on the rooftop of a house in el-Dakror neighborhood
Daily News Egypt 10 September 2013	On the first occasion, Negm noticed that Imam took over an hour to tweak the strings of the Oud before starting his first demonstration to the new guest

أجمل قصائد “شاعر الفقراء” أحمد فؤاد نجم

But, Sheikh Imam in particular compensated Negm for the earlier rejection by his orphanage-mate Abdel Halim Hafez.

مــــــُكــــــنـــة الـــــفــــــاجـــــــومــــــــــي: He also became a regular poet on Egyptian radio
قصائد للشاعر أحمد فؤاد نجم 1: Negm is well known for his work with Egyptian composer , as well as his patriotic and revolutionary poetry
الشاعر أحمد فؤاد نجم: That was the spark that lasted 30 years of concerted writing by Negm, composing by Imam, and singing by the two combined

Hamza Hendawi The Washington Post 4 December 2013• Negm was then appointed by the Egyptian government as a laborer in mechanical workshops	Negm-Imam Duo [ ] The residence of Ahmed Fouad Negm in the poorest neighborhoods of Cairo, Egypt, exposed him to the most talented professionals such as Eissa, impoverished poets and artists
Awards [ ] In 2007, Negm was chosen by the Poverty Action as Ambassador of the poor	Negm's funeral took place in , Cairo

قصائد للشاعر أحمد فؤاد نجم 1

Like many poets and writers of his generation, he received his education at the religious Kutaab schools managed by.

أحمد فؤاد نجم… شاعرُ الثّورة: Negm shouted "Allah" upon listening to Imam's singing and playing the Oud
أحمد فؤاد نجم Quotes (Author of أحمد فؤاد نجم): Early life [ ] Ahmed Fouad Negm was born in , , to a family of
احمد فؤاد نجم: Negm was one of seventeen brothers