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The Reno Arts and Culture Commission showed the results from the online vote for a new city flag and it was unveiled at a Reno Aces game on May 9 to honor the 150th birthday of the city. [9] [10] Since then, it received an A-grade and was rated top 25 in over 300 flags in the 2022 North American Vexillological Association survey. [11]
The Arab Liberation Flag borrowed the pan-Arab colors from the 1916 flag of the Arab Revolt.While the colors of black, white, red, and green on the original Arab revolt flag symbolized historical Arab dynasties, namely the Abbasids, Umayyads, Hashemites, and Islam (or possibly the Fatimids), respectively, the Arab Liberation Flag colors also had different meanings.
Flag of the Arab Revolt: 1958: Flag of the Arab Federation: 1958–1972, 1980–2024: Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Syrian Arab Republic: 1972–2002: Flag of the State of Bahrain: 1924–1958: Flag of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq: 1963–1991: Flag of the Iraqi Republic: 1932–1934: Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 1934–1938: ...
Date: 1958–1971 (as the flag of Egypt) 1958–1961; 1980–2024 (as the flag of Syria) Source: Syria Permanent Mission to the United Nations;; FOTW; BASED ON THIS CONSTRUCTION SHEET:
The flag of the Arab Revolt was originally used against the Ottoman Turks, and remains a prominent symbol of Arab nationalism. The design and pan-Arab colours are the basis of many modern Arab states' flags. The Arab Liberation Flag was created by the Free Officers movement that led the 1952 Egyptian revolution.
The flag was abandoned in Libya in 1977 after Muammar Gaddafi established the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and adopted a green flag. Egypt and Syria continued to still used the flag of the Federation of Arab Republics until the early 1980s. Syria adopted the former United Arab Republic flag in 1980 and Egypt in 1984. [4]
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It was briefly used by North Yemen between 27 September and 1 November 1962 during the North Yemen civil war and was used as the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic under Ba'athist rule between 1980 and 2024. In 1963, Iraq adopted a flag that was similar but with three stars, representing the hope that Iraq would join the United Arab Republic.