Source of image: Ibrahim Muhtadi [Al Quds], Gaza, Palestine
Design: Ibrahim Muhtadi [Al Quds], Gaza, Palestine
Embroidery: Jamela al-Bura’ai [Kawkaba], Gaza, Palestine
‘Mawtini’ is a popular poem written by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan. In the 1930s it was set to music composed by the Lebanese composer Mohammed Flayfel. It served as Palestine’s de facto national anthem until 1996, when it was officially replaced by ‘Fida’i’.
Murad Swaity, Mawtini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QES53TRxafI
Era: British Mandate (1920—1948)
