🇪🇭 flag: Western Sahara Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Western Sahara Emoji 🇪🇭 Mean?

A horizontally divided flag with black on top, white in the middle, and green on the bottom, a red triangle at the hoist and a red crescent and star in the center white band. The colors are Pan-Arab; black represents oppression, white peace, green Islam and prosperity, and red the blood spilled in the struggle for self-determination. This is the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, representing the disputed Western Sahara territory.

The emoji shows up in posts about decolonization, the Polisario Front, refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria), and Sahrawi cultural events. Coded in Unicode 6.0 from EH, it pairs with desert, tent, and tea emojis (Sahrawi tea ceremonies are highly ceremonial). Activists and the Sahrawi diaspora across Spain, Algeria, and Cuba use it during advocacy campaigns.

Recognition status varies internationally, but the emoji exists as part of the standard ISO codes. The territory is recognized by the African Union and many countries, while remaining unresolved at the UN. Posts about the Sahrawi diaspora, refugee camps in Algeria, and the long political struggle for self-determination consistently feature this emoji online.