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In a keffiyeh, Japan's envoy sings Iraq's national anthem

Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Iraq, Futoshi Matsumoto, signs off his diplomatic duty in Baghdad by singing the Iraqi national anthem 'My Homeland' while donning a keffiyeh. 'My Homeland' was written by Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan and turned into a song by Lebanese musician Mohammed Flayfel in 1934, quickly becoming a popular tune across the Arab world.

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