Egypt Flag

A bit of History

Egypt's national flag was adopted on October 4, 1984. It is a flag composed of three horizontal stripes of equal size red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom). The red color refers to the country's history is taken of the flag that was used during the nineteenth century, but the origin of the elements of this flag is Ottoman.Red represents the revolution of 1952 which allowed the deposition of King Farouk I bloodless and ended with the final declaration of the Republic after overthrowing Fuad II the following year.The color black symbolizes the end of oppression exerted by the British colonialism on the Egyptian people. In the center of the flag is represented, within the range of white color, the coat of Egypt.