#pan-arab

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Flag of Iraq

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The current flag of Iraq was adopted in 2008. Historically, all Iraqi flags have made use of the Pan-Arab colors popularized in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916. The current tricolor configuration originated in 1963 with the rise of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. That design featured three green stars and was in use until 1991 when the flag was redeisgned at the instigation of President Saddam Hussein. This version added the Takbir, the Arabic phrase Allāhu akbar (الله أكبر), usually translated as "God is the Greatest." It is said that this version was written in Saddam Hussein's own handwriting. After the Ba'athist government's collapse in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the U.S.-appointed interim government redesigned the flag. The design they originally proposed was a complete break with the earlier designs, but overwhelming public outcry resulted in a a design much closer to the previous flag, redesigning the Takbir. In 2008 the Takbir was updated again into it's current version, discarding the three green stars of the Ba'athist flags as a means to ease relations with the nation's Kurdish minority, whom the Ba'ath government had been historically hostile towards.

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At the height of Saddam Hussein’s power, members of the Ba’ath party in Iraq planned a tribute in his honor. They commissioned a golden statue in his likeness, to be propelled into space where it would orbit Earth for all eternity, gazing upon his pan-Arabic lands and its enemies with the eye of God.

For the Ba’athists, Saddam was celebrated as a hero whose actions in favor of pan-Arabism marked him as the second coming of the mythical Saladin, who fought the Crusaders in Palestine and delivered them to justice. The rise of Saddam’s personality cult followed with colossal stone effigies erected throughout Iraq. One of these featured Saddam’s stoic gaze crowned with the holy shrine of the Dome of the Rock–conflating his rule with divine mandate and cloaking him under the mantle of the Prophet.

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Flag of Transjordan but it's Pan-arab

from /r/vexillologycirclejerk Top comment: I actually like the flag's design

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Pan-Arab Flag (OC)

from /r/vexillology Top comment: This is a really good one

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Flag of Afghanistan

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The current flag of Afghanistan was adopted in 2013. This is the 21st official flag since an independent Afghanistan was established in 1709. This makes this the national flag that has had the most changes in design ever. The current version, like the previous two, makes use of the Pan-Arab colors (Black, White, Green, and Red). The emblem is the coat of arms of Afghanistan, containing the text of the Islamic Shahada and a mosque facing Mecca. This makes this one of two flags to feature an image of a building. Under the Mosque is the Hijri year 1298 (1919 by the Gregorian Calendar), the year Afghanistan gained independence from British rule.

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Flag of Western Sahara

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The flag of Western Sahara was adopted in 1976. Western Sahara (officially the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) was a former Spanish colony, that is officially claimed as an autonomous region of Morocco. The flag is said to be designed by El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed, first president of Western Sahara. The flag is based on the flag of Palestine, which itself is based on the flag of the Arab Revolt of 1916. The Western Sahara flag adds a star and crescent, symbols of Islam. The flag was adopted by the Sahrawi government shortly after Spain withdrew from the region, leaving the territory to Morocco and Mauritania.

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Flag of Syria

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The current flag of Syria was readopted in 1980. The flag was originally adopted in 1958 when the nation was joined with Egypt as the United Arab Republic. In the context of that flag, the two stars represented the two united nations. Though the flag was retired and replaced with the new independence flag following the dissolution of the United Arab Republic in 1961, in 1980 it was readopted to show Syria's commitment to Arab unity. The colors, derived from the Arab Liberation flag used in the 1916 revolt against the Ottoman Empire, represent various Arab dynasties. The red represent the Hashemite, the white the Umayyad, the green the Fatimid, and the black the Abbasid. The red, white, and black also represent blood shed in the fight for freedom, bright and peaceful future, and oppression respectively. As a result of the ongoing Syrian civil war, the Syrian Interim Government who also claim sovereignty, have readopted the 1961 Independence flag.

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Flag of Jordan

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The current flag of Jordan was adopted in 1939. The flag has it's origins in the flag of the Great Arab Revolt, the uprising in which Jordan became independent from the Ottoman Empire. The colors used in both flags represent the Abbasid caliphate (black), the Umayyad caliphate (white), the Fatimid caliphate (green), and the Hashemite dynasty (red). The flag of Jordan also includes a seven pointed star, representing Arab unity. It also represents the seven verses of the first sura of the Qur'an, and the seven hills on which the capital city of Amman was built. In 1939 the design was updated to increase the length of the chevron.

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