Iraq
موطني
Mawtini
My Homeland
1934
2004
Ibrahim Touqan
Mohammad Flayfel
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Context
Adopted in 2004 after the fall of Saddam Hussein, 'Mawtini' was originally written by Palestinian poet Ibrahim Touqan in 1934. The poem had already been widely known across the Arab world as a pan-Arab patriotic song before Iraq made it their anthem.
Lyrics
موطني موطني
الجلال والجمال
والسناء والبهاء
في رباك
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Interesting facts
- • The lyrics were written by a Palestinian poet, making Iraq's anthem a unique case of cross-national poetic borrowing
- • The poem 'Mawtini' was already popular across the Arab world before Iraq adopted it as their anthem
- • Iraq's previous anthem under Saddam Hussein was 'Land of the Two Rivers,' replaced immediately after his fall