Sayed hegab biography of alberta

Sayed Hegab, one of the last knights of Egypt’s 1960s literary generation, passed away last week, coming to the end of his poetic journey and joining his peers and companions Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi (1939 – 2015) and Ahmed Fouad Negm (1929 – 2013), who passed away in the past three years, marking the end of an era.

Hegab (1940 – 2017) rose to stardom during the 1980s, when his lyrics accompanied soundtracks and themes to some of the most successful TV shows in Egypt, giving his poetry a larger audience.

Hegab's reputation as an established song writer overshadowed his contributions in developing the modern Egyptian vernacular poetry.

The structure of Hegab’s poetry differed from the dominant style put in place by pioneers like Fouad Haddad and Salah Jaheen.

Haddad freed his poetry from the commitmment to social critique and used vernacular the public could understand, one t