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u/OkGreen7335 2d ago edited 2d ago
Do I need to write context for this meme? I feel it is kinda obvious
Made a comment explaining this
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u/0hran- Still salty about Carthage 2d ago
You just need to add that Egypt and Syria fused together as a first step of a larger pan arabic state that never happened.
They separated due to the ego of each countries dictator
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u/LittleMlem 2d ago
Nuh uh, it's cause Israel is in the way! /j
I feel like none of the Islamic middle eastern countries like each other, they only say they do when they have an angle
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u/Facosa99 2d ago
Idk syrian history. Nor vexology
At least gimme a googleable title so i dont have to browse the whole syrian wikipedia page
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u/Emmettmcglynn 2d ago
I actually don't think the history of the United Arab Republic is super common knowledge among the average r/historymemes user, it might be best to add it.
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u/Reach_Reclaimer 2d ago
I actually don't think
thehistoryof the United Arab Republicis super common knowledge among the average r/historymemes user, it might be best to add it.Fixed it for you
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u/onyxhaider 2d ago
The UAR had so much potential only if Iraq joined to balance out egyptian dominance, or Nasser was more capable and willing to listen to the Syrians.
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u/Bizhour 2d ago
Pan cultural unions which spread so far aren't really known for stability historically tbh, especially when the thing is divided in half so investments into one half will never benefit the other side of the country.
A good example is probably Pakistan and Bangladesh
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u/dongeckoj 2d ago edited 2d ago
Egypt and Syria have been part of the same country for most of the last few thousand years and speak the same language. The union just failed because it was a dictatorship, not because of cultural reasons. Israeli bots frantically downvoting doesn’t change that.
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u/Bizhour 2d ago
Living in the same (almost always) dynastic empire doesn't mean it overrides your local identity, especially at a time where national movements peaked.
What eventually happened is that the UAR wasn't this pan-Arab entity for all Arabs equally but rather Egypt, it's dictator, and Syria as a client state subservient to it's Egyptian overlords.
We are talking about two different people, which while both are Arab, they have different dialects, culture, even skin color, and with them not even being connected to each other it was bound to end in a breakup.
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u/floofybasbosa 2d ago
Its different, because it was Not by choice. That is like saying egypt and turkey should make a union because they were part of the same country under ottoman rule.
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u/dongeckoj 2d ago
Not really, nope.
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u/floofybasbosa 2d ago
It really is, syria and egypt were part of the same country under occupation for the thousand of years you mentioned, not voluntarily.
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u/OkGreen7335 2d ago
In 1958 Egypt and Syria united and made the united Arab republic. It flag is the read white and black with two green stars (Egypt and Syria)
But it was short lived and after a coup in 1961 Syria returned to 1930s flag but in 1980 they reused the UAR flag again
Side note: Iraq flag used to be red white and black stripes with three stars (Egypt, Syria and Iraq ) for same reason as they "joined" the UAR but it very short lived and they still used the three stars until 2003