Egypt

THE EGYPTIAN FLAG:
The Egyptian flag consists of three horizontal stripes – red, white, and black. In the middle of the white stripe, the so-called Saladin´s eagle is placed. It is a national symbol of Egypt, and it refers to Arabic identity and independence. Saladin captured the city of Jerusalem in the 12th century. The eagle stares toward the left side of the flag, and it holds a shield composed of three parts on its chest, where two are yellow and one is white. The panel beneath the eagle bears an inscription “al-gumhuríja Misr al-Arabiya”, which means the “Arab Republic of Egypt”. Interpretation of the tricolor is as follows: red refers to bloodshed in numerous wars, white to the abolition of the monarchy, and black commemorates the monarchy and the period of British colonialism.