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Said Al Muzayin

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Said Al Mozayen

Said Al Mozayen (1935, Ashdod - March 29, 1991, Riyadh) was a Palestinian poet, who wrote the lyrics of the Palestinian national anthem.

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.