A montage of Arab figures throughout history: First row (left to right): Antarah ibn Shaddad, Al-Khansa, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Harun al-Rashid, Al-Mutanabbi, John of Damascus Second row: Al-Kindi, Averroes, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Arabi, Daher el-Omar, Butrus al-Bustani Third row: Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri, Muhammad Abduh, Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, Omar Mukhtar, Maryana al-Marrash, Saleh al-Ali Fourth row: Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, Sati al-Husri, Faisal I of Iraq, Ibn Saud, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Omar Sharif Fifth row: Umm Kulthum, Musa al-Sadr, Warda, Edward Said, Fayeq, Tawwokal Karman