MELISSA BLOCK, host:
During the past 18 days of protest, demonstrators often broke into song.
Unidentified People: (Singing in foreign language).
BLOCK: And most often, that song was Egypt's national anthem.
Unidentified People: (Singing in foreign language).
ROBERT SIEGEL, host
They are singing (foreign language spoken), or my homeland, my homeland, my homeland.
Unidentified People: (Singing in foreign language).
BLOCK: Here is the final verse of the anthem: Egypt, noble are thy children, loyal and guardians of thy soil. In war and peace, we give our lives for thy sake.
SIEGEL: Those voices from Tahrir Square earlier today.
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