1. Ibn Al-haytham (0965)

Astronomer

Persian scholar of the middle ages who made great contributions to astronomy, science, optics, philosophy, and other fields. He has been called the father of modern optics, experimental physics and...

2. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (1936)

Israeli Politician

Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and has also had roles that included Minister of Housing & Construction from 1992 until 1996...

3. Sweky (1992)

YouTube Star

Arabic YouTube sensation best known for his weird food eating challenge videos. He has accrued more than 600,000 subscribers and has collaborated with the guys from Ameer Bros.

4. Hussam Ibrahim (1987)

Footballer

Hussam Ibrahim Ali Al-Sarray is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a Striker for Baghdad FC in Iraqi Premier League.

5. Muslim Mubarak (1985)

Iraqi Footballer

Muslim Mubarak Almas is an Iraqi footballer currently playing for Baghdad club Al Talaba. He was part of Iraq B team in the 2007 King's Cup.

6. Ezzedine Salim (1943)

Iraqi Politician

Ezzedine Salim also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed was an Iraqi politician author educator Islamist theorist and one of the leading members of the Iraqi Dawaa Movement between 1980 and...

7. Daisy Al-Amir (Unknow)

Writer Poet Novelist

Daisy Al Amir or often referred to as simply Dayzi Amir is an Iraqi writer poet and novelist. She is author of The Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of...

8. David Petel (1921)

Israeli Politician

David Petel is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors from 1959 until 1969.

9. Souad Abdullah (Unknow)

Kuwaiti Actor

Suad Abdullah Salem Al-Abdullah is a Kuwaiti actress began her career in 1964 as a child on stage with the artist Mohammed Nashmi and as a prelude programs beginning representative...

10. Majid al-Nasrawi (1966)

Iraqi Politician

Majid Mahdi Abd al-Abbass al-Nasrawi is an Iraqi politician who has been the Governor of Basra Province since June 2013. Nasrawi was born in the Ma'aqal area of Basra in...

11. Awatef Rasheed (Unknow)

Iraqi Activist

Awatef Rasheed is an Iraqi Canadian writer secular women’s rights activist and the first Iraqi female recipient of Femmy Award. She is a recipient of the Iraqi Women’s Initiative Award...

12. Najem Wali (1956)

German Writer

Najem Wali is an Iraqi-German author. Born in Amarah Wali fled Iraq in 1980 after the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. He lives in Hamburg. Wali has published seven books....

13. Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945)

Iraqi Politician

Awad Hamad al-Bandar was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was the head of the Revolutionary Court which issued death sentences against 143 Dujail residents in...

14. Abu 'Ubaida (1970)

Scholar

Abu ’Ubaida or Ubayda Ma’mar ibn ul-Muthanna was an early Muslim scholar of Arabic philology. Abu Ubaida was a controversial figure; later scholar Ibn Qutaybah remarked that Abu Ubaida hated...

15. Anmar Almubaraki (1991)

Dutch Professional Footballer

Anmar Almubaraki is an Iraqi Dutch professional footballer who plays for FC Emmen as a winger.

16. Ahmed Matar (Unknow)

Poet

Ahmed Mattar is a revolutionary Iraqi poet who has been living in exile for decades most recently in London. His poetry is very critical of the Arab rulers lack of...

17. Rabia Basri (1970)

Muslim Saint And Sufi Mystic.

Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya or simply Rābiʿah al-Baṣrī was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic.

18. Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq (Unknow)

Iraqi Poet And Writer

Abed Al Razzaq is an Iraqi poet and writer. She was born at 1952 in Basra / Iraq. She currently resides in London / UK and holds a bachelor's degree...

19. Al-Asma'i (1970)

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'Al-Asma'i or Asma`i scientific: ʿAbd al-Malik b. Quraib al-Aṣmaʿī was an Arab scholar and anthologist one of the earliest Arabic lexicographers and one of the three leaders of the...

20. Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (1970)

Poet

Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf Arabic عباس بن الأحنف was an Arab Abbasid poet from the clan of Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems. It is primarily concerned...

21. Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (1970)

Arabian Lexicographer And Philol

Abu ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Tammām al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī al-Yaḥmadī more commonly known as Al-Farahidi or simply Al-Khalīl was one of the earliest Arab lexicographers and philologists.

22. Mohammed Jabbar Rubat (1993)

Iraqi Footballer

Mohammed Jabbar Rubat Zerjawi is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a right back for Al-Minaa.

23. Saadi Yousef (Unknow)

Poet

Saadi Yousef is an Iraqi author poet journalist publisher and political activist. He has published thirty volumes of poetry and seven books of prose.

24. Yosi Alfi (1945)

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25. Bashar ibn Burd (1970)

Persian Writer

Bashār ibn Burd nicknamed al-Mura'ath meaning the wattled was a poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods. Bashar was of Persian origin; his grandfather was taken...

26. Eliyahu Nawi (1920)

Israeli Politician

Eliyahu Nawi was a judge lawyer poet Politician Bible investigator and mayor of Beersheba. He was born in Basra Iraq and started his public career in 1947.

27. Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926)

Poet

Badr Shakir al Sayyab is an Iraqi and Arab poet born in Jekor a town south of Basra in Iraq. The eldest child of a date grower and shepherd....

28. Alaa Abdul-Hussein (1986)

Iraqi Footballer

Alaa Abdul-Hussein is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Arbil FC in Iraq.

29. Alhazen (1970)

Scientist

Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham frequently referred to as Ibn al-Haytham (Arabic: ابن الهيثم Latinized as Alhazen or Alhacen; c. 965 – c.

30. Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (1970)

Muslim Scholar

Abū al-Hasan Alī ibn Ismā'īl al-Ash'arī was a Shafi'i scholar and theologian who founded the school of tenets of faith that bears his name.

31. Hussain Ali Shehab (1985)

Qatari Footballers

Hussain Ali Shehab is a Qatari footballer who plays as a striker for Lekhwiya. Shehab was born in Iraq.

32. Qusay Munir (1981)

Iraqi Footballer

Qusay Muneer Abboodi Al-Hussein is an Iraqi footballer who is a midfielder for Al-Shorta in Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq national football team. Munir the defensive midfielder of the...

33. Sean Polley (1981)

English Cricketer

Sean Robert Polley is an English cricketer. Polley is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Basra Iraq. While studying for his degree at Durham University...