Iraq

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Iraq officially the Republic of Iraq is a country situated at the head of Persian Gulf. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Joran to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. Qasr and Al Faw on the Persian Gulf, There are two flowing rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land. Iraq is developing a parliamentary democracy composed of 18 governorates. Iraq mainly consists of desert, but near the two major rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) are fertile alluvial plains. The climate is mostly like desert, climate with mild to cool wintersand dry, hot, summers. The northern mountainous regions have cold winters with occasional heavy snows, sometimes causing extensive flooding.

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national anthem

mawṭinī mawṭinī
al-ǧalālu wa-l-ǧamālu wa-s-sanā'u wa-l-bahā'u
fī rubāk fī rubāk
wa-l-ḥayātu wa-n-naǧātu wal-hanā'u wa-r- raǧā'u
fī hawāk fī hawāk
hal arāk hal arāk
sālimān munaʿamān wa ġānimān mukarramān
sālimān munaʿamān wa ġānimān mukarramān
hal arāk fī ʿulāk
tabluġu s-simāk tabluġu s-simāk
mawṭinī mawṭinī
mawṭinī mawṭinī
aš-šabābu lan yakilla hammahu an yastaqilla aw
yabīd, aw yabid
nastaqī mina r-radá wa lan nakūna li-l-ʿidā'
kālʿabīd, kālʿabīd

lā nurīd lā nurīd
ḏullanā al-mu'abbada wa ʿayšanā al-
munakkada
ḏullanā al-mu'abbada wa ʿayšanā al-
munakkada
lā nurīd bal nuʿīd
maǧdanā t-talīd maǧdanā t-talīd
mawṭinī mawṭinī
mawṭinī mawṭinī
al-ḥusāmu wa-l-yarāʿu lā l-kalām wa-n- nizāʿu
ramzunā ramzunā
maǧdunā wa ʿahdunā wa wāǧibun ilá l-wafā'
yahuzzunā yahuzzunā
ʿizzunā ʿizzunā
ġāyâtun tušarrifu wa rāyâtun turafrifu
ġāyâtun tušarrifu wa rāyâtun turafrifu
yā hanāk fī ʿulāk
qāhirān ʿidāk qāhirān ʿidāk
mawṭinī mawṭinī

TRANSLATION

My homeland, My homeland
Glory and beauty, Sublimity and splendor
Are in your hills, Are in your hills
Life and deliverance, Pleasure and hope
Are in your air,
Are in you Air
Will I see you? Will I see you?
Safe and comforted, Sound and honored
Will I see you in your eminence?
Reaching to the stars, Reaching to the stars
My homeland, My homeland
My homeland, My homeland
The youth will not tire, 'till your
independence
Or they die
We will drink from death
And will not be to our enemies
Like slaves, Like slaves

We do not want, We do not want
An eternal humiliation
Nor a miserable life
We do not want
But we will bring back
Our storied glory, Our storied glory
My homeland, My homeland
The sword and the pen
Not the talk nor the quarrel
Are our symbols, Are our symbols
Our glory and our covenant
And a duty to be faithful
Moves us, moves us
Our glory, Our glory
Is an honorable cause
And a waving standard
O, behold you
In your eminence
Victorious over your enemies
Victorious over your enemies
My homeland, My homeland