Arabic: النشيد الوطني الإماراتي | |
English Title: | Long Live my Nation |
En Alt Title: | Long Live my Nation |
Prefix: | National |
Country: | the United Arab Emirates |
Author: | Arif Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan |
Lyrics Date: | 1986 |
Composer: | Saad Abdel Wahab or Mohammed Abdel Wahab |
Music Date: | 1971 |
Adopted: | 1971 1986 (with lyrics) |
Sound: | UAE national anthem.ogg |
Sound Title: | Instrumental rendition of the anthem in F major. |
is the national anthem of the United Arab Emirates. It was officially accepted as the national anthem of the UAE after the formation of the country in 1971.[1]
It is not clear whether it was the Egyptian composer Saad Abdel Wahab or his uncle, Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab, who created the melody for the anthem in 1971.[2] The anthem did not have lyrics until 1986, which were written by Arif Al Sheikh.[3]