The Vexillology Wiki's first contest concerns flags for Middle East-related states in four categories.
Rules[]
- Have fun!
- Flags must be your own work, and preferably freely licensed.
- A backstory of the flag would be great, but is not required.
- A deadline will be set after five flags have been submitted.
To talk about the contest itself, contact Bozistan or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.
How to submit a flag[]
Upload an image using Special:Upload (you'll need a Wikia account to do that), then add it to a section below using the following format (in wikitext), filling in the parts in italics:
==== Entity by Name ==== <gallery> File:Filename.ext|Entity flag proposal by Name (date) </gallery> Description/explanation of the flag. ~~~~
Due to the need to add a signature, it is not possible to submit or comment with VisualEditor only.
Categories[]
Current national flags[]
Redesign a flag for an existing country in the Middle East. This includes the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and countries in between.
Egypt by Hans[]
On the transition from a monarchy to the current republic in the 1950s, several flags for Egypt were proposed, each combining the red-white-black Arab Liberation tricolor (which the current flag of Egypt shares with Iraq, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) with the former flag of the kingdom (green with white crescent and stars). This version has the monarchical flag in a circle in the center.
Hans (talk) 16:03, September 27, 2016 (UTC)
Egypt by ZeekLTK[]
This flag utilizes the existing red/white/black format, but also includes the green/white crescent moon and stars. The triangle coming from the bottom represents a pyramid, which Egypt is famous for.
ZeekLTK, December 5, 2016
Turkey by VexyFlags[]
The red backgrounds resembles the Ottoman Empire and all of the soldiers lost in the wars Turkey has fought in the past. The white central diamonds resemble the mountains of Turkey. The part at the bottom in blue represents the Turkic heritage of the country. The star and crescent in the red part resembles Islam, and it, as well as the four stars either side, represent the 5 pillars of Islam (Shahada, Salah, Zakat, Sawm and Hajj).
VexyFlags, July 25, 2024
Iraq by EuropeanV[]
The flag design is based on the Flag of the Arab Revolt. The two narrow white stripes (fimbriation) between the black, red an green stripes represent the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
EuropeanV (talk) 12:20, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
Colonized flags[]
Create or redesign a flag for a real historical Middle Eastern colony. For example, the British and French possessions, or territories of the Ottoman and other Islamic empires.
The Suez Canal by ThunderzSniper[]
The water of the flag not only represents water, but the colonial rule of the past, now superseded by the native rule of Egypt, shown with the seal and flag. ThunderzSniper (talk) 23:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Fictional & short-lived country flags[]
Make a flag for an established non-existing country, micronation or alternate history country in the region, such as the Republic of Wadiya (from the movie The Dictator), or a real country that only existed for at most a few years, such as the United Arab Republic.
Islamic Republic of Iraq by Bozistan[]
A flag of 1991 Uprising flag for a Shia revolt that beat Saddam in 2003 with the help of Iran. Bozistan (talk) 01:27, August 17, 2016 (UTC)
- Why the change in text? I don't know Arabic, but it seems the Takbir ("God is Great") is replaced with the first part of the Shahada ("There is no god but God"). The actual 1991 flag for reference. Hans (talk) 10:52, August 18, 2016 (UTC)
Khamiristan by Digilog[]
Stanistan by ThunderzSniper[]
The flag of Stanistan, a united state of countries ending in "stan", would have each of their respective flags incorporated into this larger one, all under one crescent. ThunderzSniper (talk) 23:59, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Cities and Towns[]
Make and create a new flag for a city, town, or village.
Mukalla by ThunderzSniper[]
A flag for Mukalla, Yemen. It consists of the flag of Yemen overlayed with the text "ٱلْمُكَلَّا" (Mukalla in Arabic). Since Middle Eastern cities and towns don't have much iconography to go off of, I used their nation's flag as a symbol of solidarity between the city and their country. ThunderzSniper (talk) 22:49, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Old City of Jerusalem by ThunderzSniper[]
Since Hebrew is such an old and holy language to the Israelites, I thought it befitting to put the name of the old city in the flag it flies. Based on the flag of Israel. ThunderzSniper (talk) 23:08, 2 October 2022 (UTC)