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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Mahmoud Reda
Arts & Music
11
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Mahmoud Reda

ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุฑุถุง
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1930 โ€“ 2020 (90 years old)

Visionary pioneer of modern Egyptian and Arab theatrical dance who founded the legendary Reda Troupe in 1959, elevating traditional folk dances from the Nile and Bedouin deserts to Carnegie Hall and the Olympia.

Cairo, Egypt
Bettina Heinen-Ayech
Arts & Music
6
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Bettina Heinen-Ayech

ุจูŠุชูŠู†ุง ู‡ุงูŠู†ู† ุนูŠุงุด
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
1937 โ€“ 2020 (82 years old)

Acclaimed painter who married an Algerian freedom fighter and spent fifty-five years painting the luminous landscapes of Guelma and Mount Mahouna, creating over 6,000 works.

Guelma / Solingen, Algeria
Wes Unseld
Sports & Athletics
46
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Wes Unseld

Westley Sissel Unseld
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
14 March 1946 โ€“ 2 June 2020 (74 years old)

Westley Sissel 'Wes' Unseld was an immovable, selfless American basketball center who joined Wilt Chamberlain as one of only two players in NBA history to win Rookie of the Year and the regular-season MVP in the same season (1969). The cornerstone of the Baltimore/Washington Bullets franchise, he guided them to the 1978 NBA championship with bone-crushing screens and the greatest two-handed overhead outlet passes in basketball history.

Catonsville, Maryland, United States
Politics
0
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Moussa Ahmed Idriss

Muuse Axmed Idiris
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ French Somaliland
c. 1933 โ€“ 2020-05-26 (87 years old)

Pioneering anti-colonial leader who served as Deputy for French Somaliland in the French National Assembly (1962โ€“1967), championing immediate independence and founding the Parti du Mouvement Populaire.

Djibouti City, Djibouti
Albert Memmi
Literature & Poetry
8
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Albert Memmi

ุฃู„ุจูŠุฑ ู…ูŠู…ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1920 โ€“ 2020 (99 years old)

World-renowned Tunisian novelist and sociologist of Jewish heritage whose autobiographical masterpiece The Pillar of Salt and foundational essay The Colonizer and the Colonized defined post-colonial theory.

Paris, France
Mounir Charfi
Media
4
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Mounir Charfi

ู…ู†ูŠุฑ ุงู„ุดุฑููŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1937 AD โ€“ 2020 (83 years old)

Distinguished investigative journalist and historian who chronicled the evolution of the independent Tunisian press, defending freedom of expression and journalistic ethics over six decades.

La Marsa, Tunisia
Chedli Klibi
Politics
4
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Chedli Klibi

ุงู„ุดุงุฐู„ูŠ ุงู„ู‚ู„ูŠุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1925 โ€“ 2020 (94 years old)

Visionary founder of Tunisia's Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Carthage Film Festival (JCC), who served for over a decade as Secretary General of the Arab League when its headquarters moved to Tunis.

Carthage, Tunisia
Don Shula
Sports & Athletics
44
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Don Shula

Donald Francis Shula
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
4 January 1930 โ€“ 4 May 2020 (90 years old)

Donald Francis Shula was an American football coaching titan who holds the all-time NFL record for the most career victories by a head coach (347 wins). The architect of the Miami Dolphins dynasty, he coached the immortal 1972 Dolphins to an unblemished 17-0 recordโ€”the only completely undefeated, untied regular and postseason championship in NFL history.

Indian Creek, Florida, United States
Cheikh Mwijo
Arts & Music
12
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Cheikh Mwijo

ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ู…ูˆูŠุฌูˆ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1937 โ€“ 2020 (83 years old)

Prolific Judeo-Moroccan singer and mandolin virtuoso from Meknes who recorded over 500 songs in Moroccan Darija, preserving the Chgouri and Chaabi heritage for global diasporas.

Haifa, Israel
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