Ey Reqîb

Ey Reqîb
English: O Enemy!
ئەی ڕەقیب

Regional anthem of the  Kurdistan Region
Former national anthem of  Mahabad
LyricsDildar, 1938
Adopted1946 (by Mahabad)
1991 (by Kurdistan Region)
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"Ey Reqîb" (Kurdish: ئەی ڕەقیب, pronounced [ɛj rɛˈqiːb]) is the Kurdish national anthem and the official anthem of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The poem was written in 1938 by Dildar in Sorani.