It was originally written as Biladi by Mustafa Nahhas one of the writers in 1919. Biladi Biladi Bilady (Biladi means my country) was a popular Egyptian patriotic song written during World War I that called for Egyptians to fight their Turkish oppressors and expressed hope for deliverance from British occupation.
However, it was replaced by Umm Kulthum’s version of Ahmed Cherif’s Biladi, Bilady which was composed in 1921. Biladi Biladi Bilady (Biladi means my country) was a popular Egyptian patriotic song written during World War I that called for Egyptians to fight their Turkish oppressors and expressed hope for deliverance from British occupation.
However, it was replaced by Umm Kulthum’s version of Ahmed Cherif’s Biladi, Bilady which was composed in 1921.
In 1978, the late Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati reconstructed Bilady Bilady Bilady from its second part which is more frequently used as the Egyptian national anthem. The melody of Biladi Biladi Bilady, although not a march in any sense, is often erroneously called Biladi March.
