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Said Al Muzayin

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian poet”. Today it says “palestinian poet who wrote the lyrics of the palestinian national anthem”.
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Said Al Mozayen Said Al Mozayen (1935 Isdud , Mandatory Palestine - March 29, 1991, Riyadh ) was a Palestinian poet, who wrote the lyrics of the Palestinian national anthem .1 In 1948, after the Nakba , he migrated to the Gaza strip. There he taught history and, in 1957, signed a contract with 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. v t e2

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palestinian poet

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palestinian poet who wrote the lyrics of the palestinian national anthem

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