Egypt’s seven flags over the past 200 years

Over the past 200 years, Egypt has had a total of seven flags on its masts, with a new flag for every phase of its history during the past two centuries, Sarah Ahmed Shawky writes for Stepfeed. From the three crescents designed in 1517 when Egypt was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire, each flag “symbolized — with each color and icon used — nationalism, political alliances, and struggles to reach full independence.”