Flag of Egypt

The flag of Egypt (Egyptian Arabic: علم مصر) has three equal horizontal bands of red, white, and black with the national emblem (a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield superimposed on its chest above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band.

Name	Egypt
Use	Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04)
Design	Horizontally divided red-white-black tricolour flag with the Eagle of Saladin.
Designed by	ʻAlī Kāmil al-Dīb
Variant flag of Arab Republic of Egypt
Use	Civil flag and ensign Vexillological symbol
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	July 23, 1952 (1952-07-23)
Design	Variant of the national flag without the Eagle of Saladin.
Designed by	ʻAlī Kāmil al-Dīb
Variant flag of Arab Republic of Egypt
Use	Naval ensign Vexillological symbol
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04)
File:Flag of the President of Egypt.svg Variant flag of Arab Republic of Egypt
Name	Presidential Standard of Egypt
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04)
Design	National flag with gold outlined Eagle of Saladin in canton.

Egyptian flag in Island Harbour, England

Flag Of Egypt Media

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) and co-official flag of the Republic of Egypt (1953–1958), sometimes used by the Egyptian opposition

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Egyptian Revolution Flag (1953–1958) – the tricolor of the 1952 Egypt Revolution, with the Eagle of Saladin in the center and symbolic three stars representing the 3 Abrahamic religions

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971) – though Syria withdrew from the union in 1961, Egypt retained the official name until 1971

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1984)

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Flag used in the Egyptian Eyalet (1793–1844)

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Egyptian Eyalet (1844–1867)

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Flag used in Egypt during the rules of Isma'il Pasha and Tewfik Pasha (1867–1881)

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  Design used in the past, but now abandoned Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt (1881–1914) and the Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922)