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May 4th, 2012, 09:57 AM
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#11 | | Historian
Joined: Mar 2012 From: New Amsterdam Posts: 1,650 | Quote:
Originally Posted by ClearlyInvisible ...Fine then, how about Egypt? | Cyrenaica is the eastern half of Libya. Egypt is part of the Arab world, and along with Arab Sudan, is part of the core of the Arab world, at the crossroads between Arabia, Cyrenaica, the Med, the red, and the levant.
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May 4th, 2012, 04:05 PM
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#12 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2010 From: DC Posts: 1,393 | Quote:
Originally Posted by DreamWeaver
Red, white and black | The eagle is of the Kurdish Muslim general Salah aldin (Saladin) as a symbol for a pan-Arabist state.
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May 4th, 2012, 06:28 PM
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#14 | | Historian
Joined: Mar 2012 From: New Amsterdam Posts: 1,650 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Iraq Bruin The eagle is of the Kurdish Muslim general Salah aldin (Saladin) as a symbol for a pan-Arabist state. | Ironic that a Kurdish (Iranian) symbol represents an Arab state.
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May 4th, 2012, 07:18 PM
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#15 | | Historian
Joined: Nov 2010 From: Hungary Posts: 1,278 | Quote: |
The eagle is of the Kurdish Muslim general Salah aldin (Saladin) as a symbol for a pan-Arabist state.
| well, the dude was actually ruling Egypt and was an unifier of Arab-Muslim territories, so there was a link.  But its not likely he would be a fan of either the modern Arab or Kurdish nationalism.
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May 5th, 2012, 12:36 AM
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#16 | | Persicus Maximus
Joined: Sep 2010 From: Bahrain Posts: 9,943 | Here's some basic information if you're interested in knowing about the Bahrain flag Historic Flags (Bahrain)
The flag used to be plain red. A white part was added to symbolize the truce we made with Britain in the 1800s.
Now, the white part symbolizes the pearl industry (or what's left of it ) | | |
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May 5th, 2012, 03:53 AM
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#17 | | Historian
Joined: May 2011 From: UK Posts: 1,717 |
Interesting link Mohammad. Oman really was a power of its time. Here is their flag: | | |
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May 6th, 2012, 10:25 AM
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#18 | | Archivist
Joined: Oct 2010 From: London, UK Posts: 197 |
Likewise, take South Yemen, very socialist but with the same pan-arab theme going on | | |
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