File Photo: Poet Bakhit Bayoumi. Photo courtesy of Bakhit Bayoumi page.
Bayoumi was born on 18 June 1942, in the village of Kafr al-Hataba in Dakahliya Governorate.
He graduated from Al-Azhar High School in 1960 and also obtained a diploma in calligraphy.
Bayoumi started his life as a teacher in a private school before turning to writing songs.
He was famous for co-writing songs for the popular Fawazir Ramadan (Ramadan riddles), starring Nelly, for many years.
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