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Algiers, Algeria

Known as “Kassaman” (”The Pledge”), the Algerian national anthem was written by Mufdi Zakariah while he was a prisoner of French colonial forces, and later set to music by Egyptian composer Mohamed Fawzi and adopted as the national anthem in 1963, soon after Algerian achieved independence from France, a theme very strongly represented in the lyrics. Lyrics to “Kassaman” (”The Pledge”) in English: We swear by the lightning that destroys, By the streams of generous blood being shed, By the bright flags that wave, Flying proudly on the high mountains, That we have risen up, and whether we live or die, We are resolved that Algeria shall live - So be our witness -be ou