Mawtini (L. Zanbaka song)
| English: My Homeland | |
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| موطني | |
Former national anthem of Ardh ul-Furatayn" (2003) | |
| Succeeded by | "Walla Zaman Ya Selahy" (1965) "Mawtini" (2004) |
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"Mawtini" (
Arabic: موطني, lit.
'My Homeland') was the national anthem of Iraq from 1958 to 1965, and then again from 2003 to 2004. It is solely an instrumental composition and thus has no lyrics.
History
"Mawtini" was composed by
a new national anthem
, coincidentally also called "Mawtini", of no relation.
References
- ^ a b Wetzel, Dan (August 24, 2004). "One last chance". Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo!. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
The song is 'My Country.' It is relatively short, contains no words and was composed by a man named Lewis Zanbaka...
- ^ "Iraq (1958-1965, 2003-2004) – nationalanthems.info". Retrieved 2022-02-23.