"Bilady, Bilady, Bilaaa-dy"

Hats off to the designers of google today! For those of you who haven't checked out google today, the google icon features Sayed Darwish, the renowned singer and composer - considered the father of Egyptian popular music.

Born on March 17th, 1892, google pays tribute today; the same day marking his birth. The icon illustrates Darwish, with sample lyrics of the Egyptian national anthem "Bilady, Bilady, Bilady". Darwish put the music to this song; the words of which were adapted from a famous speech by Mustafa Kamil. The song later became Egypt's national anthem in 1979.



Google surely never fails to amaze us :)