Flag map of the Arab World.

Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.

Arab national flags

FlagDurationUseDescription
1962 to present Flag of AlgeriaTwo vertical bands of green and white and the red crescent moon encircling the red five-pointed star in the center within the dividing line.
2002 to present Flag of BahrainA red field with the white serrated band with five points on the hoist-side.
1959 to present Flag of ChadThree vertical stripes: blue, yellow, and red.
2002 to present Flag of ComorosFour horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue and the green isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side bearing the white vertical crescent moon with the convex side is facing the hoist and in the center and four small white five-pointed stars are placed vertically in the line in between the points of the crescent.
1977 to present Flag of DjiboutiGreen and blue Rectangle and one Triangle and one red star.
1984 to present Flag of EgyptThree horizontal bands of red, white and black and the National Coat of Arms in gold in the center of the white band.
2008 to present Flag of IraqThree horizontal bands of red, white and black and the Takbir is written in the Kufic Script in green in the center of the white band. The written of the Takbir is: "ALLAHU AKBAR" (In Arabic for, "GOD IS THE GREATEST").
1928 to present Flag of JordanThree horizontal bands of black, white and green and the red isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side bearing the small white seven-pointed star in the center
1961 to present Flag of KuwaitThree horizontal bands of green, white and red and the black trapezoid is based on the hoist-side.
1943 to present Flag of LebanonThree horizontal bands of red, white (double-width) and red and the green Cedar Tree in the center of the white band.
2011 to present Flag of LibyaThree horizontal stripes of red, black (double-width) and green and the white crescent and the five-pointed star in the center of the black stripe.
2017 to present Flag of MauritaniaA green field with the golden five-pointed star and the golden horizontal crescent moon, the closed side is down, in the center in between two red horizontal bands on the top and the bottom edges of the flag.
1915 to present Flag of MoroccoA red field with the Seal of Solomon is the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star, in the center.
1970 to presentFlag of OmanThree horizontal bands of white, red and green and the red vertical band is on the hoist-side bearing the National emblem of Oman in white in the center and near the top of the red band.
1964 to presentFlag of the State of PalestineA horizontal tricolour of black, white, and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist.
1971 to present Flag of QatarA maroon field with the white serrated band with nine points on the hoist side.
1973 to present Flag of Saudi ArabiaA green field with the Shahada in the Thuluth Script in white and white horizontal saber, with the tip pointing to the hoist-side, in the center. The flag is manufactured with differing obverse and the reverse sides, so that the Shahada reads and the saber points correctly from right to left on both sides. The Shahada is written as "lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāh, muhammadun rasūlu-llāh", Arabic for "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God."
1954 to present Flag of SomaliaBlue background and white star.
1970 to present Flag of SudanThree horizontal bands of red, white and black and the green isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side.
1980 to present Flag of SyriaThree horizontal bands of red, white and black and two green five-pointed stars that arranged in the horizontal line in the center of the white band.
1827 to present[1]Flag of TunisiaA red field with the large white disk in the center bearing the red crescent moon nearly encircling the red five-pointed star.
1971 to present Flag of the United Arab EmiratesThree horizontal bands of green, white and black and the red vertical band is on the hoist-side.
1990 to present Flag of YemenThree horizontal bands of red, white and black.

Old Arab national flags

FlagDurationUseDescription
1917–1920Flag of the Arab Revolt
1958Flag of the Arab Federation
1958–1972Flag of the United Arab Republic
1972–2002Flag of the State of Bahrain
1932–1934Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1934–1938
1938–1973
1948 to 1959Flag of the All-Palestine ProtectorateThe All-Palestine Government (Arabic: حكومة عموم فلسطين Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) was established on 22 September 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, to govern the Egyptian-controlled territory in Gaza, which Egypt had on the same day declared as the All-Palestine Protectorate, Three horizontal bands of green, white and black and the red equilateral triangle is based on the hoist side.
1956–1970Flag of the Republic of SudanA horizontal tricolour of blue (representing the Nile), yellow (representing the Sahara), and green (representing farmlands).
1920Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria
1932–1958, 1961–1963Flag of the Mandatory Syrian Republic and Syrian Republic (1946–1963)
1963–1972Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic
1968–1971Flag of the Trucial States
1918–1923Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
1923–1927
1927–1962
1962–1990Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic
1379–1967Flag of the Kathiri Sultanate of Hadhramaut
1967–1990Flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1856–1896Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
1963–1964

Arab organizations

FlagDurationUseDescription
Flag of the Arab League
Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
1947–presentFlag of the Ba'ath PartyThree equal horizontal stripes (black, white, and green from top to bottom) overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist. These are the Pan-Arab colors.

Other Arab territories

FlagDurationUseDescription
1964–presentFlag of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National AuthoritySimilar to the flag of the State of Palestine
1976–presentFlag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1932–1958, 1961–1963, 2012–presentFlag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian oppositionThe flag was originally used for Syrian Arab Republic but then (slightly different) was used as a flag for Syrian opposition

See also

References

  1. ↑ "leconomistemaghrebin.com". October 20, 2016.
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