Said Al Muzayin Explained

Said Al Muzayin
Native Name:سعيد المزين
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:1935
Birth Place:Ashdod
Death Date:29 March 1991
Death Place:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Occupation:History teacher, politician, poet
Organization:Palestine Liberation Organization
Known For:Writing the lyrics for "Arabic: [[Fida'i]]"

Said Al Muzayin (1935 – 29 March 1991) (Arabic: سعيد المزين) was a Palestinian poet who wrote the lyrics of the Palestinian national anthem.[1]

Early life and education

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.

Career

In Gaza, he operated a printing press, and was arrested by Israelis, before taking part in the early resistance movement in 1956. He later worked as a history teacher, moving in 1957 to Saudi Arabia to teach there. In 1959, he flew to Damascus to work in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

From 1973 to 1978, he was representative of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement in Saudi Arabia.

At an unknown date he wrote the lyrics of "Arabic: [[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

Death

Al Muzayin died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 29 March 1991.

References

  1. Bishara, A. (2022). Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression. United States: Stanford University Press.
  2. Web site: Al-Sahli . Nabil . 2022-03-08 . سعيد المزين.. فتى الثورة الفلسطينية وأيقونتها الشعرية . Saeed Al-Muzayen.. the boy of the Palestinian revolution and its poetic icon . 2022-12-16 . عربي21 . ar.
  3. Web site: Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Palestinian National Anthem . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090205020442/http://www.mofa.gov.ps/arabic/Palestine/anthem.php . February 5, 2009.
  4. Kindekens . A. . 2020 . Akoestische Dominantie En Haar Artistieke Transformatie Door Palestijnse Muzikanten . Acoustic Domination And Its Artistic Transformation By Palestinian Musicians . Ghent University . nl . 37.

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