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| Born | ()December 25, Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | April 21, () (aged 55) Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist |
| Nationality | Egypt |
Muhammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Ahmad Helmy (محمد صلاح الدين بهجت أحمد حلمي), known as "Salah Jaheen" or "Salah Jahin" (Arabic: صلاح جاهين December 25, – April 21, ) was a leading Egyptianpoet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist.
Life and career
Jaheen was born in Shobra district, Cairo in to a middle-class family.
He studied law in Cairo University. In , he started working for the Egyptian weekly magazine "Rose al-Yousef" as a cartoonist. A year later, he moved to the new magazine "Sabah el-Khair" for which he became the editor-in-chief, then he joined Al-Ahram.
Together with Fuad Haddad, Jaheen had a great role in development of Egyptian colloquial poetry.
In fact, the term "shi'r al-ammiya" or "Arabic colloquial poetry" was only coined in by a g