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Zahrat al-Mada'en (Arabic: زهرة المدائن, Flower of the Cities, marketed under its French title La Fleur des Cités) is a 1967 Arabic song performed by Lebanese singer Fairuz, composed by the Rahbani brothers and written by Said Akl. A somber musical response to the Naksa, its lyrics extol the city of Jerusalem, focusing on the situation of its populace and praying for its future liberation, with a special emphasis on its religiously diverse, multi-confessional history.

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  • زهرة المدائن هي أُغنية عن مدينة القدس لفيروز. ألّفها ولحّنها الأخوان رحباني، عقب هزيمة العرب في حرب 1967. وقد سرى اعتقاد خاطئ في معظم مواقع الإنترنت أنها من تأليف الشاعر اللبناني سعيد عقل، وهو ما يتناقض مع المعلومات الواردة في الألبومات والإسطوانات الأصلية لفيروز التي تؤكد أن هذه القصيدة من تأليف الأخوين رحباني. (ar)
  • Zahrat al-Mada'en (Arabic: زهرة المدائن, Flower of the Cities, marketed under its French title La Fleur des Cités) is a 1967 Arabic song performed by Lebanese singer Fairuz, composed by the Rahbani brothers and written by Said Akl. A somber musical response to the Naksa, its lyrics extol the city of Jerusalem, focusing on the situation of its populace and praying for its future liberation, with a special emphasis on its religiously diverse, multi-confessional history. The song, one of the first Arabic-language songs to deal with Jerusalem in any detail, was immensely well-received, becoming an instant hit, the most popular of Fairuz's songs about Palestine, and one of the most celebrated songs of the Arab world. (en)
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  • Al Qudsu Fil Balref|Arabic for "Jerusalem on my Mind". The album itself translates it as "Jerusalem in my Heart". |group=note (en)
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  • Cover of the 1967 vinyl release (en)
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  • Voix de l'Orient (en)
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  • Zahrat al-Mada'en (en)
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  • زهرة المدائن هي أُغنية عن مدينة القدس لفيروز. ألّفها ولحّنها الأخوان رحباني، عقب هزيمة العرب في حرب 1967. وقد سرى اعتقاد خاطئ في معظم مواقع الإنترنت أنها من تأليف الشاعر اللبناني سعيد عقل، وهو ما يتناقض مع المعلومات الواردة في الألبومات والإسطوانات الأصلية لفيروز التي تؤكد أن هذه القصيدة من تأليف الأخوين رحباني. (ar)
  • Zahrat al-Mada'en (Arabic: زهرة المدائن, Flower of the Cities, marketed under its French title La Fleur des Cités) is a 1967 Arabic song performed by Lebanese singer Fairuz, composed by the Rahbani brothers and written by Said Akl. A somber musical response to the Naksa, its lyrics extol the city of Jerusalem, focusing on the situation of its populace and praying for its future liberation, with a special emphasis on its religiously diverse, multi-confessional history. (en)
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  • زهرة المدائن (ar)
  • Zahrat al-Mada'en (en)
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