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The Order of the Somali Star was established by the Government of Somalia and was named in honour of the Somali flag, a sky-blue field emblazoned with a white singular central star, the award was established the year after that Somalia became a republic in 1961 by the founding father and first president of Somalia, Aden Adde. The award can be ...
Flag of Somalia. The flag of Somalia consists of a single white five-pointed star on a cyan field representing the five regions in which Somalis reside (at the time: British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Ogaden and the north of Kenya [2]), making it also the ethnic flag of the Somali people.
As an ethnic flag, the five-pointed white Star of Unity in its center represents the areas where the Somali ethnic group form the majority: Djibouti, Somaliland (former British protectorate), the Somali region in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and Somalia (Italian Somaliland).
Somalia's flag juxtaposed with a red diagonal line in the middle and a green background with 6 stars bottom right. 2002: Flag of the South West State: 2014: Flag of the South West State [10] 2015–present: Flag of Galmudug State: White chevron bearing two green stars facing horizontally on a light blue field bearing a white star on the right ...
The award comes in grades with the Order of the Leopard (formerly the Knight of the Grand Cross changed due to the adoption of Islam as the state religion) which gold-plated badge to be worn on the band and gold-plated plate to be worn on the left chest; Grand Officer, silver badge to be worn on a ribbon around the neck and plaque to be worn on the left chest; Commander, silver badge to be ...
The flag of Somaliland (Somali: Calanka Soomaaliland; Arabic: علم صوماليلاند) was adopted on 14 October 1996. It consists of a tricolour of green, white, and red, with a black star located in the centre. On the green stripe, there is the Shahada in white calligraphic script.
The Constitution of Somalia describes the coat of arms of the nation as follows: [1] The emblem of the Federal Republic of Somalia is a blue shield with a gold frame, in the centre of which is a silver-coated, five-pointed star. The shield is surmounted by a decorated emblem with five golden heads, with two lateral ones halved.
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, [barxad ʕabdi]; [1] born April 10, 1985) is a Somali–American actor. He made his acting debut as the pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film Captain Phillips (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.