Flag of the Arab League
Officially League of Arab States
Locally Jāmiʿat ad-Duwal al-ʿArabiyya · جامعة الدول العربية
What the flag looks like
A green field with a white emblem in the center: an upturned crescent beneath the Arabic name of the League, inside a gold chain and a white laurel wreath.
What it means
The chain stands for the unity of the member states and the wreath for peace; green is a color long associated with Islam and the Arab world.
How to remember it
The Arab League
is green with a white crescent, chain and laurel wreath around Arabic script; Saudi Arabia's
green has its script above a sword and no wreath.
Fun facts
- The League was founded in Cairo on 22 March 1945 by seven states: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.
- Syria's membership was suspended in 2011 and restored in 2023.
Arab League at a glance
- Founded
- 1945
- Members
- 22 states
- Headquarters
- Cairo
- Headquarters
- Cairo
- Region
- Founded 1945
- Languages
- Arabic
- Flag adopted
- 1945
Flags often confused with the Arab League
- Saudi Arabia: The Arab League and Saudi Arabia are both green flags with white Arabic script. The Arab League's script sits above a crescent inside a chain and laurel wreath in the center; Saudi Arabia has a line of script over a horizontal sword and no wreath.
- Gulf Cooperation Council: The GCC and the Arab League are both green with a round emblem in the center. The GCC's emblem is a black ring of script around a map of the Arabian Peninsula in a hexagon; the Arab League's is a white crescent inside a gold chain and laurel wreath.