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Egypt as United Arab Republic (1958-1972)

by Zeljko Heimer

Description of the flag
Coat of arms
Seal
President's standard
- Square version
Naval ensign

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Description of the flag

The flag of the United Arab Republic (UAR - Egypt and Syria) was red-white-black with two green stars. Syria left in 1961, but Egypt kept the UAR name and flag until the 1st January 1972. Ironically Syria since went on to adopt her present flag which is the same as the UAR's. And just to make things really confusing, apparently the Iraqi red-white-black with three green stars was introduced in 1963 for a proposed union of Egypt, Syria and Iraq which never happened...

Roy Stilling, 5 October1996

Coat of arms

by Martin Grieve

Adopted in 1958 on the formation of the UAR. The supporter, called 'Saladin's eagle', bears on it breasts a shield derived from the national flag. Beneath the eagle, the name of the country is inscribed in Kufic script.