Sadat, in 1971, was attempting a new tack, and the hawk of Qureish, the tribe of the Prophet, replaced the stars. Mubarak brought back the eagle of Salahedin, in a stouter, less heroic, and more bureaucratic incarnation. And so it has stayed.
Few noticed that the flags waved in Tahrir Square in January 2011 were the flags of Mubarak. No further comment is needed.
The proposal is simple. Ditch the eagle, and by implication Salahedin, and get back to a rational definition of Egypt, one that places high priority on its progress and internal development and abandons the dictators’ empires of dreams. In place of the eagle, use the ancient Egyptian Ankh; the key of life.
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Dr. Maged Atiya – http://salamamoussa.com/2014/01/30/the-eagle-and-the-ankh/
