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Ibrahim Tuqan
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Person · Poet; the author of Mawtini
Ibrahim Tuqan
إبراهيم طوقان1905–1941
Born in Nablus in 1905, he studied at St George’s School in Jerusalem and the American University of Beirut, published his first ode in 1923, and taught Arabic literature at the Najah School in Nablus and at the American University of Beirut. His ode Mawtini (My Homeland), written in 1934 and set to music by Muhammad Flayfil, spread throughout the Arab world and became the unofficial anthem of the State of Palestine. From 1936 he worked in the Arabic Section of the new Jerusalem Radio. He died in Jerusalem on 2 May 1941.
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