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Cheikha Djenia
Arts & Music
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Cheikha Djenia

ุงู„ุดูŠุฎุฉ ุงู„ุฌู†ูŠุฉ (ูุงุทู…ุฉ ู‚ู†ุฏูŠู„)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1954 โ€“ 2004 (50 years old)

Raw, charismatic queen of traditional gasba-driven Raรฏ from Sidi Bel Abbรจs, famous for unfiltered emotional improvisation and poetic storytelling.

Sidi Bel Abbรจs, Algeria
Ridha Kalaรฏ
Music
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Ridha Kalaรฏ

ุฑุถุง ุงู„ู‚ู„ุนูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1931 โ€“ 2004 (73 years old)

Legendary violin virtuoso and composer who discovered and launched the careers of iconic singers Oulaya and Safia Chamia, composing immortal tunes like Ya Hasra Alik Ya Zina.

Tunis, Tunisia
Nick Joaquin
Literature & Poetry
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Nick Joaquin

Nicomedes Mรกrquez Joaquรญn
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines
1917 โ€“ 2004 (86 years old)

Philippine writer, playwright, and journalist named National Artist for Literature, who explored the complex Spanish-Catholic and Filipino identity in The Woman Who Had Two Navels and A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino.

Taguig (Metro Manila), Philippines
Briek Schotte
Sports & Athletics
5
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Briek Schotte

Albรฉric Schotte
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1919 โ€“ 2004 (84 years old)

Legendary Flemish cyclist known as 'Iron Briek', double World Road Champion (1948, 1950), two-time winner of the Tour of Flanders, and iconic embodiment of Flemish endurance through wind, mud, and cobblestones.

Kanegem (Tielt, West Flanders), Belgium
Arts & Music
2
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Enrique Grau

Enrique Grau Araรบjo
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama
1920-12-18 โ€“ 2004-04-01 (83 years old)

Master painter and sculptor of the 'Big Five' of modern Colombian art whose sensual, theatrical portraits of Afro-Colombian women and bronze sculptures celebrated Caribbean warmth and cultural hybridity.

Cartagena, Colombia
Safia Chamia
Arts & Music
10
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Safia Chamia

ุตููŠุฉ ุงู„ุดุงู…ูŠุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon
1932 โ€“ 2004 (72 years old)

Beloved popular singer and musical comedian whose vibrant stage energy, sparkling wit, and hits like 'Mahla Qadek' shaped Tunisian radio, theater, and television for five decades.

Tunis, Tunisia
Chaรฏbia Talal
Arts & Music
32
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Chaรฏbia Talal

ุงู„ุดุนูŠุจูŠุฉ ุทู„ุงู„
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1929 โ€“ 2004 (75 years old)

Celebrated self-taught Moroccan painter from Chtouka whose vibrant, raw, and uninhibited canvases of rural women and feasts earned global acclaim from the CoBrA movement and the Salon d'Automne in Paris.

Casablanca, Morocco
Vilayat Khan
Arts & Music
34
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Vilayat Khan

เคตเคฟเคฒเคพเคฏเคค เค–เคผเคพเคจ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
1928 โ€“ 2004 (75 years old)

Indian sitar virtuoso of the Imdadkhani gharana who modified the structure of the sitar to develop the revolutionary 'gayaki ang' (vocal style), making the instrument sing with the human voice.

Mumbai, India
Music
2
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Zaki Nassif

ุฒูƒูŠ ู†ุงุตูŠู
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon
4 July 1916 โ€“ 11 March 2004 (87 years old)

Foundational pioneer of modern Lebanese music whose iconic folk compositions, including 'Raji Yit'ammar Lubnan', became national anthems of hope.

Mashghara, Lebanon
Safia Farhat
Arts & Music
18
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Safia Farhat

ุตููŠุฉ ูุฑุญุงุช
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1924 โ€“ February 7, 2004 (80 years old)

Trailblazing Tunisian visual artist, ceramicist, and educator who was the only female member of the ร‰cole de Tunis, celebrated for revitalizing traditional tapestry weaving and championing women's artistic independence.

Radรจs, Tunisia
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