CAIRO: A television advertisement for erectile dysfunction medication has been pulled from the air in Egypt after viewers protested about its use of popular song "Keep the Weapon Awake," media reported on Saturday.

The song was penned in 1973 by Egyptian poet Ahmed Shafiq Kamel, to rouse Egyptians during the Arab-Israeli 1973 war when the Israeli army reached the Suez Canal, Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.

One Egyptian satellite television owner, who said his station had stopped airing the advertisement, described it as "annoying and not right," the newspaper reported.

Many Egyptians take great pride in the 1973 war, which eventually led to an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and Israel's withdrawal from Egyptian territories it captured in 1967.

The war is commemorated every October in Egypt with government-organized fanfare and military parades. –AFP