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Ali Akbar Khan
Arts & Music
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Ali Akbar Khan

เฆ†เฆฒเง€ เฆ†เฆ•เฆฌเฆฐ เฆ–เฆพเฆ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
1922 โ€“ 2009 (87 years old)

Indian classical sarod virtuoso and composer hailed by Yehudi Menuhin as the greatest musician in the world, who popularized North Indian classical music throughout the West.

San Rafael (California), United States
Arts & Music
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Helen Khal

ู‡ูŠู„ูŠู† ุงู„ุฎุงู„
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1923 โ€“ 20 May 2009 (86 years old)

Pioneering Lebanese-American color-field painter, prominent art critic, and author of the groundbreaking 1987 study 'The Woman Artist in Lebanon'.

Beirut, Lebanon
Zoubeir Turki
Arts & Music
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Zoubeir Turki

ุฒุจูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
April 19, 1924 โ€“ March 1, 2009 (84 years old)

Foremost Tunisian figurative painter and sculptor whose expressive sketches and monumental bronze statues, notably of Ibn Khaldoun, immortalized traditional urban life and historical national memory.

La Marsa, Tunisia
Arts & Music
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Elie Azagury

ุฅูŠู„ูŠ ุฃุฒุงุบูˆุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1918 โ€“ 2009 (91 years old)

Recognized as Morocco's first registered indigenous modern architect, pioneer of post-colonial modernist design who played a leading role in the reconstruction of Agadir following the 1960 earthquake.

Casablanca, Morocco
Hassan Skalli
Arts & Music
7
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Hassan Skalli

ุญุณู† ุงู„ุตู‚ู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1931 โ€“ 2008 (77 years old)

Dean of Moroccan stage actors, co-founder of the historic Maรขmora theater troupe in 1952, and celebrated actor of monumental national television series and cinema classics.

Rabat, Morocco
Youssef Chahine
Arts & Music
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Youssef Chahine

ูŠูˆุณู ุดุงู‡ูŠู†
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1926 โ€“ 2008 (82 years old)

World-renowned Egyptian filmmaker whose cinematic masterpiecesโ€”including 'Cairo Station' (1958), 'The Land' (1969), and 'Destiny' (1997)โ€”defined modern Arab cinema, discovered Omar Sharif, and won the Cannes 50th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cairo, Egypt
Samy Elmaghribi
Arts & Music
13
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Samy Elmaghribi

ุณุงู…ูŠ ุงู„ู…ุบุฑุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1922 โ€“ 2008 (85 years old)

Legendary Judeo-Moroccan maestro and cantor who revived classical Andalusian nubahs and popular Chaabi classics, serving as musical director of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal.

Montreal, Canada
Lili Boniche
Arts & Music
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Lili Boniche

ู„ูŠู„ูŠ ุจูˆู†ูŠุด (ุฅูŠู„ูŠ ุจูˆู†ูŠุด)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1921 โ€“ 2008 (86 years old)

Beloved Algerian singer and guitarist who fused classical Casbah Chaabi, Andalusian music, and modern Latin rhythms (tango, rumba), creating the worldwide genre of Franco-Arab popular song.

Paris, France
Abdelaziz Gorgi
Arts & Music
6
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Abdelaziz Gorgi

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุงู„ู‚ุฑุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1928 โ€“ 2008 (79 years old)

Pivotal figure of modern Tunisian painting and head of the Tunis School for over forty years, whose whimsical figurative works and founding of the Gorgi Gallery catalyzed the national art market.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Abderrahim Bargach
Arts & Music
12
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Abderrahim Bargach

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญูŠู… ุจุฑูƒุงุด
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1949 โ€“ 2007 (58 years old)

Beloved Moroccan actor, journalist, and cultural personality who hosted the iconic television program Walima for two decades, celebrating Moroccan gastronomy and popular arts.

Casablanca, Morocco
Arts & Music
4
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Norval Morrisseau

Jean-Baptiste Norman Henry Morrisseau
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1932 โ€“ 2007 (75 years old)

Anishinaabe visionary artist known as 'Copper Thunderbird' who founded the Woodland School of Art, painting sacred Ojibwe legends in brilliant primary colors with black astral energy lines.

Thunder Bay (Ontario), Canada
Rajae Belmlih
Arts & Music
14
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Rajae Belmlih

ุฑุฌุงุก ุจู„ู…ู„ูŠุญ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1962 โ€“ 2007 (45 years old)

Beloved Moroccan vocal star who achieved pan-Arab acclaim across the Middle East with hits like 'Sabri Alik Tal', serving as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for children.

Casablanca, Morocco
Nejib Belkhodja
Arts & Music
5
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Nejib Belkhodja

ู†ุฌูŠุจ ุจู„ุฎูˆุฌุฉ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1933 โ€“ 2007 (73 years old)

Pioneering abstract painter of Tunisian and Dutch descent whose iconic geometric abstractions synthesized traditional medina arches and cubic rooftops with contemporary international minimalism.

La Marsa, Tunisia
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