What is Pan-Arab colors?
[[File:Flag of Hejaz (1917).svg|thumb|Flag of the [[Arab Revolt]], associated with '''pan-Arabism''']] The '''Pan-Arab colors''' are '''black''', '''white''', '''green''', and '''red'''. Individually, each of the four Pan-Arab colors were intended to represent a certain Arab dynasty, or era. The representations are as follows: * The [[Rashidun Caliphate]], the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], as well as the banner of [[Muhammad]] are all represented by the black color. * The white color was representative of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] * [[Fatimid Caliphate]] was represented by green * red color was used by the [[Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan|Hashemites]], the [[Ottoman Empire]], and the [[Khawarij]]. == Origin And History == The origin of the colors goes back to the 14<sup>th</sup> century during the time of an Iraqi poet known as [[Safi Al-Din Al-Hilli]]. In one of his poems, there is a line that makes reference to the four colors. The line talks about white representing the acts of people, the black representing their struggles, the green standing for the fields where these struggles are fought on, while the red is for swords. The first time these colors were used together was back in 1916 when the flag of the [[Arab Revolt]] was designed. The flag was a simple design involving three stripes of black, green, and white from the top respectively. The red color was in the shape of a [[triangle]] originating from the left side. There are several flags with these colors. These flags include [[Jordan]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], [[Kuwait]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]. The brief union known as the [[Arab Federation]] of Iraq and Jordan also had a flag that used the colors. == The Arab Liberation Colors == The Pan-Arab colors continued to be used until the 1950s. From there onward, the [[Arab Liberation]] colors started becoming more popular and eventually replaced the Pan-Arab ones. The new colors were almost the same as the old ones with a slight difference. In the new s