Flag of Morocco

Kingdom of Morocco

Use	National flag and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	17 November 1915; 109 years ago (1915-11-17)
Design	A red field with a green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.[1]
Designed by	Mawlay Yusef

The flag of Morocco (علم المغرب) is the flag used by the government of Morocco and has served as the national flag of Morocco since 17 November 1915. It has a red field with a green pentagram in the centre. The green star represents the five pillars of Islam, and the red represents the blood of the ancestors and unity.^[2][3]

Red has considerable historic significance in Morocco by virtue of its association with the Alawi dynasty, which used a red field as its flag. The ruling house was associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad via Fatima, the wife of Ali, the fourth Muslim Caliph. Red is also the color that was used by the sharifs of Mecca and the imams of Yemen.

On 17 November 1915, Sultan Yusef signed a dahir introducing the current flag design.^[4]

While Morocco was under French and Spanish control, the red flag with the pentagram remained in use but only inland since its use at sea was prohibited. When independence was restored in 1955, it once again became the national flag.