Ala Khallidi
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Ala Khallidi is the former national anthem
of Tunisia
. It was sung during the Presidency of Habib Bourguiba
until his downfall during 1987. In 1958, the Ministry of Education organized a competition, in which 53 poets and 23 musicians took part. The results were examined first by a commission of the Board of Education, which selected the works of the hymn poet Jalaleddine Naccache and the composer Salah El Mahdi (director of the Conservatoire of Tunis). Whereupon one submitted the works without publication of the selection already met to the president. He selected the same as the commission. In order to go completely surely, one held however still another larger popular assembly in Monastir, the birth city of the president, and let all 23 melodies play. But then, the song from Naccache and El Mahdi was won and adopted during the Independence Day at that same year.
Music: Salah El Mahdi (1925)
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
of Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
. It was sung during the Presidency of Habib Bourguiba
Habib Bourguiba
Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian statesman, the Founder and the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 until 7 November 1987...
until his downfall during 1987. In 1958, the Ministry of Education organized a competition, in which 53 poets and 23 musicians took part. The results were examined first by a commission of the Board of Education, which selected the works of the hymn poet Jalaleddine Naccache and the composer Salah El Mahdi (director of the Conservatoire of Tunis). Whereupon one submitted the works without publication of the selection already met to the president. He selected the same as the commission. In order to go completely surely, one held however still another larger popular assembly in Monastir, the birth city of the president, and let all 23 melodies play. But then, the song from Naccache and El Mahdi was won and adopted during the Independence Day at that same year.
Lyrics
Lyrics: Jalaleddine Naccache (1910-1989)Music: Salah El Mahdi (1925)
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