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Free Patriotic Movement (Lebanon)

Al-Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Hurr

لتيار الوطني الحر, Al-Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Hurr, Free Patriotic Movement
التيار العوني, Tayyar Al-Aouni, Aounist Movement

image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 Apr 2007
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 Feb 2010

Introduction
Variants
Students' Committee
Hezbollah / Free Patriotic Movement Alliance Flag

See also:

Introduction

The "Free Patriotic Movement" (Al Tayyar Al Watani Al Hurr) was founded and led by Michel Naim Aoun, who was prime minister of Lebanon between 1988-1990.
Bill Garrison, 29 Jan 2007

From the FPM website:

Process of developing the new logo for Al Tayyar Party

Phase 1.

General Aoun main brief was to have a logo that would represent the spirit and mission of Al Tayyar Al Watani Al Horr, without using the Cedar or the colors of the Lebanese flag as they belong to the “Nation”, and many Political Parties have already used the Cedar as a symbol.

Phase 2.

In order to come up with a concept and develop a logo that would better describe the FPM, focus groups studies and brainstorming sessions were conducted with different target groups (members & nonmembers of FPM) who were asked to describe Al Tayyar Al Watani Horr. The types of questions were:

“How and what do you feel when you hear the name FPM?” “What does it mean to you?”, “How do you perceive it as a Human Being, as an Environment?”; “What does it refer to?”; “To which symbols & signs do you associate the FPM?” etc…

The main answers were as follows:

General Michel Aoun
Freedom
Clear vision of an optimistic future
Clear political line
People that are in the FPM are from all parts of Lebanon and educated
Open book, Nothing is hidden
Orange color
FPM is POSITIVE and peaceful
A bird that loves & represents peace and freedom
Rallies all the confessions of Lebanon, no extremism, no racism
A Movement that accepts & respects all other parties
A Movement that believes in its Country and has principles

The above answers allowed the creative teams to develop around 30 logos, short listed to top 5 logos by a committee of professionals. Finally, those five logos were presented to a committee of 17 People headed by General Michel Aoun, who have agreed on one logo that gather all the above criteria. And that is how the new logo has been adapted and launched.

Phase 3: Logo explanation

When looking at the logo, people can therefore see and feel the following:

An Open book and a Road: The Open book corresponds to the ever lasting quest for knowledge, education and culture; while the Road that keeps increasing and widening (to the right edge) represents the hope and the continuous efforts for building and achieving a new and ideal Lebanon.
A positive sign: This is the sign of success, proving that the FPM was right from the beginning, always positive, claiming for Justice, and working hard for a better future.
The “V” sign for Victory: Always reminding of General Michel Aoun.
A Bird (and a “Dove”): Representing freedom and peace, and broadening for new horizons.
The Orange color: This has become the FPM color. The Orange is the sign of a new shiny day, new hope that shows that the FPM will never fade away, because it is a strong and powerful Party.
The Openness: The logo open, not bound by any boundaries or limits, since most parties tend to use closed designs.
Number 7 (in Arabic: V): The number 7 to remind us of the 7th of August 2001and our 15 years of struggle against the occupation of Lebanon, and the 7th of May 2005, the date of General Aoun’s a return to Lebanon.

Eugene Ipavec, 20 Jun 2007

Illustrations of several party flags can be seen on a Lebanese political blog.
Dave Martucci, 29 Jun 2009

These are images of FPM political posters. The large FPM flag on the second one is a new variant, with the white checkmark superimposed over a two-tone orange gyronny.
Eugene Ipavec, 29 Jun 2009

Variants


image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 Apr 2007 Reported by Bill Garrison, 14 Feb 2007	image by Eugene Ipavec, 15 Jun 2007 Reported by Eugene Ipavec, 15 Jun 2007

FPM Students' Committee

لجنة الطارب, Lajnat al-Talab

[Free Patriotic Movement – Students' Committee (Lebanon)]

image by Eugene Ipavec, 13 Jun 2007 and 19 Feb 2010

The flag of the FPM Students' Committee can be seen in a photo, even better visible here: orange flag with a large black capital Ω (omega) enclosing a green cedar, all over the white inscription لجنة الطارب (lajnat al-talab, "Students' Committee").
Eugene Ipavec and Dov Gutterman, 13 and 15 Jun 2007

Hezbollah / Free Patriotic Movement Alliance Flag

image by Eugene Ipavec, 13 Jun 2007

See scan.
Eugene Ipavec, 15 Jun 2007