Ey Reqîb

"Ey Reqîb" (ئەی ڕەقیب, ) is the Kurdish national anthem and the official anthem of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The poem was written in 1938 by Dildar in Sorani.

History
It was written by the Kurdish poet and political activist Dildar in 1938 while he was in jail. "Ey Reqîb" means "Oh, enemy!" and refers to the guards in the prison in which Dildar was held and tortured but also to the broader oppression of Kurds.

In 1946, the poem was adopted as the national anthem of the Republic of Mahabad, a short-lived Kurdish republic in Iran that lasted for a year. "Ey Reqîb" has been adopted as the national anthem of Kurdistan Region, and it is also used by Kurdistan Workers' Party.

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