Google celebrates Egyptian composer Mohamed Abdel-Wahab's 110th birthday with a pair of eyeglasses and an Oud. Abdel-Wahab was one of Egypt's best known music composers as well as an actor and film producer.

The design, known as a Google Doodle, is part of a Google tradition whereby changes are made to the Google logo on its search engine page to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of famous artists and scientists. The Abdel-Wahab Doodle appears on the logo in several Arab counties: Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, The Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Libya.

Born in Cairo on 13 March 1902, Abdel-Wahab would become known in Egypt as the "musician for all generations" for his lively and modern music compositions.

Abdel-Wahab began hissinging career in 1917 as a member of theFawziAl-Gazaerlimusic group.In1920, hestudied theOudat the Institute ofArab Music. Later in 1934, Abdel-Wahab joined radio and cinema, where he waslinked toEgypt's 'Prince of Poets'AhmedShawqi.

Abdel-Wahabcomposedseveral songsfor Shawqiincluding 'Cleopatra' as well as 'Gondolas'byMahmoud Tahaamong many others. Abdel-Wahab worked with several major artists from Egypt and across the Arab world, notablyUm Kalthoum,LailaMurad,Abdel-HalimHafez,and FaizaAhmed,theAlgerian Warda, theLebaneseFairouz, TalalMaddah,andAsmahan.

Following army general Gamal Abdel-Nasser’s ascent to power in 1952, Abdel-Wahab dedicated his work to serve the Egyptian revolution and the concepts of Arab nationalism prevalent at the time. Among his famous patriotic compositions were Operetta Watani Al-Akbar (My Greatest Nation), Sout Al-Gamaheer (Sound of the Masses), and Al-Geel Al-Saed (The New Generation) among many more. Abdel-Wahab died on 4 May 1991 of a heart attack.

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