Said Al Muzayin
سعيد المزين
Born1935
Ashdod
Died29 March 1991
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Occupation(s)History teacher, politician, poet
OrganizationPalestine Liberation Organization
Known forWriting the lyrics for "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.[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]

Death

Al Muzayin died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 29 March 1991.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bishara, A. (2022). Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression. United States: Stanford University Press.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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]. عربي21 (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  3. ↑ Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Palestinian National Anthem". Archived from the original on 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] (PDF). Ghent University (Thesis) (in Dutch). p. 37.
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