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Thursday 8 March 2018

0117 Egypt Flag of Country FOTW66

Sent: 04.12.2017
Received: 04.01.2018
Travel time: 31 days

Sender Simona (fb) 






The flag of Egypt (Egyptian Arabic: علم مصر‎, IPA: [ˈʕælæm ˈmɑsˤɾ]) is a tricolour consisting of the three-equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Egyptian revolutionary flag dating back to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The flag bears Egypt's national emblem, the Egyptian eagle of Saladin centered in the white band.
The Egyptian Free Officers who toppled King Farouk in the Revolution of 1952 assigned specific symbolism to each of the three bands of the revolutionary and liberation flag. The red band symbolizes the period before the Egyptian Revolution, a time characterized by the struggle against the monarchy, and the British occupation of the country. The white band symbolizes the bloodless nature of the Revolution itself. The black band symbolizes the end of the oppression of the Egyptian people at the hands of the monarchy, and foreign imperialism.
Egypt's Revolutionary and Liberation flag was then an inspiration to several Arab countries and was adopted by many Arab states. The same horizontal tricolour is used by Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen (and formerly Libya), the only difference being the presence (or absence) of distinguishing national emblems in the white band. (wiki)

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