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

I have always enjoyed Banksy’s artwork. No one really knows who he is as he never gives out his real name. All I know is his an anonymous English graffiti artist. He was featured in the Simpson’s intro once. Banksy specializes in politically charged artwork. A while back Angelina Joile paid an estimated $500,000 to purchase some of his artwork.[Website]