Hello All, I've been absent for a while. Dear Brigadier Khalik, I understand that the rank of Fariq coresponds with the rank of Lieutenant General in most other armies, but would it not translate more as "general" while Fariq Awwal being more akin to "first General" ? Just the c...

For Captain, the arabic script says "Naqib" but transliterates it as Ra'is ("Head") I presume to mean "Boss". Is it the case that the proper rank title is Naqib but everyone in the Lebanese Army refers to the rank as Ra'is? Or is the rank for the Lebanese Army actually...

Egypt: Red: the period before the 1952 Revolution which brought a group of army officers to power after deposing King Farouk, then King of Egypt. This was a period characterized by the struggle against the British occupation of the country. White: symbolizes the advent of the 1952 Revolution which e...