I was impressed to find there’s a handful of Google Doodle’s celebrating iconic Arab figures. The biggest portion were from Eygpt, so far I couldn’t find any GCC figures who were brought up on a Google Doodle but I guess there’s going to be one soon. Feel free to point out someone I’ve missed out.

Google celebrating Mohammed Mokhtar‘s birthday

Google celebrating Khalil Gibran‘s birthday

Google celebrating Ibn Buttuta‘s birthday

Google celebrating Naguib Mahfouz‘s birthday

Google celebrating Taha Hussein‘s birthday

Google celebrating Ibn Khaldun‘s birthday

Google celebrating Ismail Yasin‘s birthday

Google celebrating Mohammed Al Mahdi‘s birthday