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Egyptian pro-military patriotic song by Abdallah Shams El-Din

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Lyrics
Mahmoud El-Sherif, 1955
Music
Abdalla Shams El-Din, 1954
Adopted
1 September 1969
Relinquished
20 October 2011
Preceded by
" Walla Zaman Ya Selahy " (Egypt)
Succeeded by
" Libya, Libya, Libya " (Libya)

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الله أكبر
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"Allahu Akbar" (Arabic: الله أكبر, lit. 'God Is the Greatest') is an Egyptian pro-military patriotic song composed by songwriter Abdalla Shams El-Din in 1954 and written by poet Mahmoud El-Sherif in 1955. It was first used by the Egyptian Armed Forces as a marching song during the Suez Crisis in 1956. The song was also used as the national anthem of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi from 1969 to 2011.

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