Said Al Muzayin
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Said Al Muzayin | |
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سعيد المزين | |
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| Born | 1935 Ashdod, Palestine (now Israel) |
| Died | 29 March 1991 (aged 55–56) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Occupations | History teacher, politician, poet |
| Organization | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| Known for | Writing the lyrics for the national anthem of Palestine |
Said Al Muzayin (Arabic: سعيد المزين, IPA: [saˈʕiːd al‿mʊzajˈjan]; 1935 – 29 March 1991) was a Palestinian poet who wrote the lyrics of the Palestinian national anthem.[1]
Al Muyazin was born in 1935 in Ashdod, Mandatory Palestine, where he was also educated.[2] In 1948, after the Nakba, he migrated to the Gaza Strip, which was occupied by Egypt.[2]
Career
In Gaza, he operated a printing press, and was arrested by Israelis, before taking part in the early resistance movement in 1956.[2] He later worked as a history teacher, moving in 1957 to Saudi Arabia to teach there.[2] In 1959, he flew to Damascus to work in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.[2]
From 1973 to 1978, he was representative of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement in Saudi Arabia.[2]
At an unknown date he wrote the lyrics of "Fida'i", a song set to music by the composer Ali Ismael that in 1996 was made the Palestinian National Anthem by the PLO.[3][4]
Selected literary works
- "I'm Steadfast", poem, c. 1970[1]
- "Tubas", poem[2]
- "Safar al-Saif", poem[2]
- "فدائية" (Fedayeen), poem[2]
- في خندق الأخلاق (In the Trench of Ethics), book[2]
- Essays on the Revolution, book, Cairo, 1986[2]
- Safar al-Fath, collection of poems[2]
- A People Will Not Die, play[2]
- The House of Our Father, play[2]
- Al-Mawda, play[2]
- "وثيقة الدماء" ("The Document of Blood"), story[2]
- "الدورية 96" ("The Patrol 96")[2]
