Tuesday, December 2, 2008

UAE National Day

Dec 2 is UAE national day. It is a day much like our 4th of July. There were very large flags hanging from all of the hotels and big buildings.

The UAE was formed on December 2, 1971. The flag is made up of Pan-Arab (red, black, white and green) colors symbolizing Arabian unity. Did you know that most Arabic countries use the same colors in their flags? I had no idea.

In addition the individual colors have the following meanings:
  • green - fertility
  • white - neutrality
  • black - color of the flag of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
  • red - unity