Fouad Haddad

Fouad Haddad (1927–1985) was an Egyptian poet, who wrote in the Egyptian vernacular.

Life

Fouad Haddad was born in Cairo. His mother came from a Syrian family and his father was a Lebanese academic who later became an Egyptian citizen.^[1]

He joined the Egyptian Communist Party, 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.^[1]

Fouad Haddad and his friend, the poet Salah Jaheen, were the subject of a 2011 television documentary by Dinah Hamza.^[2]

References

1. Amira El-Noshokaty, Wake up, sleepyhead!, Al-Ahram Weekly, No. 913 (4–10 September 1998)
2. Documentary on famed Egyptian poets Haddad and Jaheen to air, ONTV, Ahram Online, 21 April 2011