Cherifian Anthem
The anthem's melody was composed by , a French military officer and chief of music for the royal Moroccan guard, during the French protectorate, we currently do not have any precise information about the date of the composition of the music, according to Eurêkoi, a European remote question-and-answer service that works in the form of a network of 600 librarians in France and Belgium, the date of date of the composition of the music of the anthem was possibly 1952, or four years before Morocco got back its independence from France and Spain. After the Moroccan national football team qualified for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico for the first time, the idea to write lyrics for the anthem was proposed. Lyrics by writer Ali Squalli Houssaini were either chosen as part of a competition by King Hassan II, or Hassan directly commissioned Houssaini to write the lyrics.
History
The "Cherifian Anthem" (; ) is the national anthem of Morocco. Composed by French military officer , it has been in use since the French protectorate period. Lyrics were written for it by Ali Squalli Houssaini and adopted in 1970.