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Former national anthem of Iraq This article is about the former Iraqi national anthem. For the current Iraqi national anthem, see Mawtini (Ibrahim Tuqan song).
Mawtini
English: My Homeland
موطني

Former national anthem of Iraq
MusicLewis Zanbaka, 1958 (1958)
Adopted1958 (1958)
Readopted2003 (2003)
Relinquished1965 (1965), 2004 (2004)
Preceded by"As-Salam al-Malaki" (1958)
"Ardh ul-Furatayn" (2003)
Succeeded by"Walla Zaman Ya Selahy" (1965)
"Mawtini" (2004)
Audio sample
Old orchestral rendition
Another orchestral rendition
National anthems of Iraq
Kingdom of Iraq "As-Salam al-Malaki"1932–1958
Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) "Mawtini (1958)"1958–1965
Ba'athist Iraq "Walla Zaman Ya Selahy"1965–1981
 "Ardh ul-Furatayn"1981–2003
Iraq "Mawtini (1958)"2003–2004
 "Mawtini (1934)" 2004–present

"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 Lewis Zanbaka and was originally adopted as Iraq's national anthem in 1958. It is a short instrumental composition, having no lyrics. "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. In late 2004, "Mawtini" was replaced in its capacity as the Iraqi national anthem with a new national anthem, coincidentally also called "Mawtini", of no relation.

References

  1. ^ 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...
  2. "Iraq (1958-1965, 2003-2004) – nationalanthems.info". Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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