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Egypt: flags of uncertain status

Alternative Egyptian flag?
Coptic Pharaonic Republic of Egypt

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Egypt

Alternative Egyptian flag?

by António Martins & Johannes Weigand

While browsing through a book on Arab history, I found a photograph of some protesters in Alexandria, Egypt, waving a flag. The flag was verticaly divided into white and yellow, with a yellow ankh (ancient Egypian symbol) in the middle of the white half. From what I could determine, the protesters were of the opinion that Egypt should not place itself as part of the Arab world, and should be purely focused on Egyptian culture (I don't know which they are refering to). I believe they are also strong advocates of keeping Egypt a secular nation, as opposed to having an Islamic government. I do not know whether this flag is still used, or whether it was ever actualy used by this group. Does anybody have any more information?

Thomas Robinson, 13 January 1999

Coptic Pharaonic Republic of Egypt

by Jaume Ollé

In Europe exists a government in exile of the "Coptic pharaonic republic of Egypt." Does anyone know information about this government. Is this a real movement of the Egyptian Copts or an imaginary state?
The arms are the eagle with, in front, a white shield with red cross (like the one of the flag)

Jaume Ollé, 15 & 19 June 1998

I'm a Coptic Egyptian, I never heard about such government all my life, and I can assure you there is no such thing at all. I haven't seen the flag before. Copts in Egypt don't like any political activities, they don't care about the religion of the governemnt, all we care about is to keep others from interfering in our religious affairs, and no harm to our beliefs and properties, however if these were violated, all we do is praying to God.

Raymon Kondos, 5 November 1999

The Copts as an ethnic group were the original Egyptians (the GPT in eGyPT has the same root than GuPT/KoPT). The variant of Christianism known as Coptic developed in Egypt, so its name. Then came the Arabs and Islam. They renamed the country (Misr) and the inhabitants, and "Copts" became a religion adjective only.

Jean-François Blanc, 5 November 1999