The Red, Gold, Green and Black in the Arab Flag

The ethiopian flag is red, gold and green with a five pointed star in the centre. It unofficially represents the star of solomon and dates back three thousand years. The propensity for green, black, red and white in the arab flag can also be traced to a single source - the pan arab flag of 19 16. To understand this is to gain insight into the modern region as a whole. As national identity politics grows, so entity politics is on the rise within nation states,. And with it the symbols of identity. Throws up a useful example: the gadsdon flag did not begin life in the late eighteenth century as a symbol of raceism. But