What is "mawtini"

Mawtini ( “My Homeland”) is the national anthem of Iraq.

It is a popular poem written by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan c. 1934 and composed by Mohammed Flayfel.

In 2004, it was re-adopted, on the order of Coalition Provisional Authority chief Paul Bremer as the national anthem of Iraq. It replaced the old anthem Ardh Alforatain, which was in use from 1981 to 2004 and associated with Saddam Hussein's Baath regime.