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"Mawṭinī" (/ ˈ m ɔː t ɪ n iː / MAW-tin-ee; Arabic: موطني, lit. 'My Homeland') is an Arabic national poem by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, composed by the Lebanese musician Mohammed Flayfel in 1934, and is a popular patriotic song among the Arab people, and the official national anthem of the Republic of Iraq.
1983 performance 1985 performance. It was adopted in 1981, written by Shafiq al-Kamali [2] (who died in 1984) with music by Walid Georges Gholmieh. [3]The lyrics make mention of important people in Iraqi history, such as Saladin, Harun al-Rashid, and al-Muthanna ibn Haritha, with the last verse extolling Ba'athism.
"Mawtini" was composed by Lewis Zanbaka and was originally adopted as Iraq's national anthem in 1958. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a short instrumental composition, having no lyrics. [ 1 ] " Mawtini" was used as the national anthem of Iraq until 1965; it was readopted in 2003 for a short time after the fall of Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime.
Until the fall of Saddam Hussein, the most popular radio station was the Voice of Youth, which used to play the popular music of Iraq to continue the culture of the country. The station also played a mix of rock, hip hop and pop music, [11] all of which had to be imported via Jordan due to international economic sanctions.
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