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In Egypt, it was the day of the Arab Leaders’ Celebration of Arab Nationalism, with grand festivities held in a massive theater filled with chairs for the leaders.
Before them stood the great Egyptian opera singer, a man over seventy, his hair pure white, holding the microphone and singing in a calm yet powerful voice that stirred hearts and filled the hall with authenticity and national enthusiasm. His song was:
"The Greater Homeland" — written by Ahmed Shafiq Kamel, composed by Mohamed Abdel Wahab in 1960.
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"My beloved homeland, the greater homeland, day by day, its glory grows"
"And its victories fill life, my homeland grows and is liberated, my homeland, my homeland"
"My beloved homeland, the greater homeland, day by day, its glory grows"
"And its victories fi
