Iraq
"My Country"

Music by: Lewis Zanbaka
In use: 1959-1965, restored 2003, replaced 2004

After the overthrow of the monarchy in 1959, the "Royal Salute" was no longer needed, so a new national anthem was adopted. "My Country", like the "Royal Salute" has no words and is also in the "Arab fanfare" style of anthem (although it is usually monarchies and emirates that tend to adopt this style of anthem).

Immediately after the fall of the Sadam Hussein government in 2003, "My Country" was used again for a brief time as an interim anthem until a new one was adopted.

Special thanks to: Edward Schaffer, Jan Scotland, and Reinhard Popp for some of this information.

See also: Iraq (?-1959), Iraq (1965-1981), Iraq (1981-2003), Iraq (2004-).