Eagle of Saladin

Eagle of Saladin

The Eagle of Saladin (Kurdish: هەڵۆکە صلاح الدين, romanized: Helloke Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn, Arabic: نسر صلاح الدين, romanized: Nasr Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn) is a heraldic eagle that serves as the coat of arms in some Arab countries: Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, and Yemen. Since the 1952 Egyptian revolution, the eagle has been an iconic symbol of Egypt, and of Arab nationalism, particularly in Arab states that underwent anti-imperialist political change from the 1950s onwards. It was formerly the national symbol of the now defunct United Arab Republic, North Yemen, South Yemen, and the Libyan Arab Republic.

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