Since her first year in university, from 1992 to 1993, Negm apprenticed as a journalist for
Al-Sahabab, a monthly magazine issued by Al-Ahram Publishing House, then she moved to the
English-language Al-Ahram Weekly, issued also by Al-Ahram. She worked as an apprentice for
Nesf Al-Donia, a weekly women's magazine also printed by Al-Ahram. Sanaa Al-Bissy, the then editor-in-chief of the magazine decided to hire her but Ibrahim Nafie, ex-CEO of Al-Ahram, refused, saying that "she will be tenured when she ceases to be the daughter of
Safinaz Kazem and
Ahmed Fouad Negm". So Nawara Negm left Al-Ahram to explore other opportunities, working for
AlWafd (a daily newspaper owned and run by the opposition party Al-Wafd),
El-Helwa magazine, and
Al-Qahira (a weekly newspaper published by the
Ministry of Culture). Soon after graduating in 1997, she joined the Nile Television Network. == Journalistic writings ==