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Another PB search post today, I fear. This one's for a character I'm interested in testing out at a sandbox or two. I just finished reading Saladin Ahmed's novel Throne of the Crescent Moon- which is a pretty good read, especially for a first novel- and I'm interested in trying out Doctor Adoulla Makhslood, the primary protagonist. Problem is, he's in his sixties, bearded, fat, and so very much not Santa Claus. He's a ghul hunter; the book is set in a fantasy world based off Arab cultural memes and story expectations, and the various ethnicities in the book are based off various Middle Eastern and Near Eastern ethnicities. Trying to find a suitable real person to provide his face is a bit tough, as I wouldn't know where to begin looking for Arab actors in their sixties or later, and the one search I did that seemed promising mostly turned up Arab actors in older movies, rather than older Arab actors.

For now, I'm going to go with pictures of Omar Sharif from late in his life. If anyone can point me in the direction of a suitable figure, let me know. This is only for testing purposes, mind- if I can't sustain playing the character in the sandbox games it won't matter much whose face he has, but it'd be nice to have some expressions other than just the one he has in the book's cover art.