Why Do Most Arab Countries Have Similar Flags? #shorts #arabworld #ramadan
Channel: Keikofilms
Date: 2023-03-20

Why do so many Arab countries have flags with a similar color scheme or design?

Arab countries from morocco to iraq, use a scheme of traditional flags used by earlier arab states. The colors used (black, red, white, green) are common colours used by earlier states as mentioned.

This is the ealiest flag from the prophet Mohamed era. Which represent the use of green, and red.

This white flag is the the Ummayad sigil, plain white, that you can see in many Arab countries such as Algeria, Palestine and many others.

the black colour comes from the days of the Abbassid dynasty, that you can see in Jordan’s flag and the palestinian flag respectively, and many other Arab countries in that respect.
The Crescent found in many Arab countries is a symbol of Islam, found in also non Arab countries such as turkey. While the Triangular shape found in Many Arab countries is a replication of the war flags Arabs flew in battlefields which took the shape of a triangle rather than a classical square shape. Now you know, follow Keiko Films for more