National symbols of Algeria explained

The national symbols of Algeria are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Algeria and of its culture.

Coats of arms

• Emblem of Algeria – adopted on 1 November 1976.^[1]

Flags

• Flag of Algeria – adopted as the national flag on 3 July 1962.^[2] The current flag design is said to have first appeared in 1919^{[3] [4]} or 1934,^[5] depending on the source.^[6]
  • The national colours of the flag are green, red and white.

National anthem

• Kassaman – the national anthem of Algeria; adopted on 5 July 1962,^{[7] [8]} and declared an "immutable" symbol of the country in November 2008.^[9] The lyrics were written by Moufdi Zakaria –1956,^[10] and the musical composition was made by Mohamed Fawzi.

National motto

• Motto of Algeria – By the people and for the people (ar|بالشعب و للشعب|translit=Bil-shaʿb wa lil-shaʿb).^[11]

References

1. Web site: رموز الدولة . State symbols . 31 October 2023 . www.el-mouradia.dz . ar.
2. Encyclopedia: flag of Algeria . . 31 October 2023 . Smith . Whitney.
3. Book: René Gallissot . Algérie. Engagements sociaux et question nationale : de la colonisation à l'indépendance de 1830 à 1962 . Anissa Bouayed . 2006 . Éditions de l'Atelier . 176 . fr.
4. Gallissot . René . December 30, 2004 . Deux notices du Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier-Algérie . Insaniyat / إنسانيات. Revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales . 25–26 . 143–158 . 10.4000/insaniyat.6325 . 1111-2050 . December 17, 2022.
5. Book: Stora, Benjamin . Nationalistes algériens et révolutionnaires français au temps du Front populaire . 1987 . L'Harmattan . 978-2-85802-890-0 . fr.
6. News: Houda . B. . 20 August 1997 . Le vert, le blanc, l'étoile et le croissant: Qui a conçu le drapeau algérien ? . fr . Green, white, star and crescent: Who designed the Algerian flag? . El Watan . dead . 28 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313033105/http://www.al-djazair.com/drapeaualgerien.html . 13 March 2012.
7. Web site: The National Anthem . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101042402/https://embbrussels.mfa.gov.dz/discover-algeria-1/state-symbols-1 . 1 November 2023 . Embassy of Algeria in Brussels.
8. Web site: National anthem . 1 November 2023 . The World Factbook.
9. Branche . Raphaëlle . Raphaëlle Branche . 2011 . The martyr's torch: memory and power in Algeria . The Journal of North African Studies . 16 . 3 . 432, 441 . 10.1080/13629387.2010.550138 . 145316323.
10. Book: DiPiazza, Francesca Davis . Algeria in Pictures . 1 January 2007 . Twenty-First Century Books . 9780822571445 . 69 . 29 May 2017.
11. Web site: Constitution of Algeria . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070321052821/http://www.el-mouradia.dz/arabe/symbole/textes/constitution96.htm . 2007-03-21 . 2006-08-03 . ar.

External links

• Website of the government of Algeria - state symbols (in Arabic)