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Julio Song
Writer, FlagDB
Julio is a staff writer at FlagDB. He studied Mathematics at the University of Madrid and has a passion for vexillology.
246 articles
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The Cedar That Carries a Nation: Lebanon's Tree and the Burden of a Symbol Under Siege
The Flag That Had to Please Everyone: How the European Union's Circle of Stars Became the Most Negotiated Image in History
The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Why Mythical Beasts Still Guard the World's Flags
Dressed for the Coronation: Why So Many Caribbean Flags Are Still Wearing Britain's Blue
The Only Flag in the World That Lies to You Depending on Which Side You're Standing On
The Serrated Secret: Why Bahrain and Qatar Share the Same Zigzag, and What Britain Had to Do With It
Four Suns on Four Flags, and Not One of Them Means the Same Thing
Borrowed Glory: How Ethiopia's Colors Became the Grammar of Black Liberation
The Parrot, the Sisserou, and the Rose: How Dominica Put a Rare Bird on Its Flag, and What It Cost
The Flag That Wasn't Allowed to Change: How Belarus Brought Back Stalin's Design, and Why It Started a Revolution
The Diagonal That Refuses to Be Ignored: What Trinidad, Tanzania, and Namibia's Bold Stripes Are Really Saying
Red, Gold, and the Flag That Belongs to Everyone: How Communist Vietnam and Royal Spain Ended Up Wearing the Same Colors
The Cross That Conquered the North: How Denmark's Dannebrog Became the Template for an Entire Continent
The Two-Headed Eagle: How a Byzantine Symbol Survived Empires, Revolutions, and Republics
The Cedar, the Clove, and the Wheat: Why Some Flags Chose a Crop Over a Crest
The White That Isn't Empty: How Libya, Japan, and Switzerland Turned Minimalism Into a Statement
Counted, Not Forgotten: How Four Island Nations Turned Their Flags Into Maps
The Flag That Needed a Compass: Why Uruguay's Sun Has a Face, and What That Face Is Actually Saying
The Tree That Stands Alone: How Belize Turned Colonial Exploitation Into a National Symbol
The Map That Became a Flag: Why Cyprus and Kosovo Put Their Own Borders on Their Banners, and What That Desperate Move Reveals
The Dragon That Had to Be Tamed: Why Bhutan's Druk Is the Most Precisely Controlled Symbol in Flag History
The Crown Without a Kingdom: How Lesotho's Mokorotlo Became Africa's Most Radical Flag Symbol
Borrowed Blue: Why Island and Coastal Nations Didn't Choose the Ocean. They Chose the 20th Century
Same Colors, Different Flags: How Ethiopia's Tricolor Became Africa's Blank Canvas