Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics

Egypt

Use	Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	October 4, 1984
Design	Horizontally divided red-white-black flag with the Egyptian eagle of Saladin.
Variant flag of Egypt
Use	War flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	October 4, 1984
Design	National flag with two white crossed sabres in canton.
Variant flag of Egypt
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	October 4, 1984
Designed by	National flag with two white fouled crossed anchors in canton.
Variant flag of Egypt
Name	Presidential Standard of Egypt
Proportion	2:3
Designed by	National flag with gold outlined Falcon of Saladin in canton.

The flag of Egypt (Egyptian Arabic: علم مصر‎, IPA: [ˈʕælæm ˈmɑsˤɾ]) is a tricolour consisting of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Egyptian revolutionary flag dating back to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The flag bears Egypt's national emblem, the Egyptian eagle of Saladin centered in the white band.

The Egyptian Free Officers who toppled King Farouk in the Revolution of 1952 assigned specific symbolism to each of the three bands of the revolutionary and liberation flag. The red band symbolizes the period before the Egyptian Revolution, a time characterized by the struggle against the monarchy, and the British occupation of the country. The white band symbolizes the bloodless nature of the Revolution itself. The black band symbolizes the end of the oppression of the Egyptian people at the hands of the monarchy, and foreign imperialism.

Egypt's Revolutionary and Liberation flag was then an inspiration to several Arab countries and was adopted by many Arab states. The same horizontal tricolour is used by Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen (and formerly Libya), the only difference being the presence (or absence) of distinguishing national emblems in the white band.

The development of the modern Egyptian flag was determined first by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, under whom Egypt was united with Sudan, and later by the rise of Egyptian nationalism and revolutionary ideas among the Egyptian Army.