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Brian Johns
Arts & Music
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Brian Johns

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
c. 1937 โ€“ 2016 (79 years old)

Brian Francis Johns was an Australian company director and journalist, who was managing director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) from 1987 to 1992, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 1995 to 2000.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Canberra, Australia
Dale Bumpers
Statesmanship & Statesmen
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Dale Bumpers

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
c. 1926 โ€“ 2016 (90 years old)

Dale Leon Bumpers was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th governor of Arkansas (1971โ€“1975) and in the United States Senate (1975โ€“1999). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Washington, D.C., United States
Taleb Rabah
Arts & Music
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Taleb Rabah

ุทุงู„ุจ ุฑุงุจุญ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1930 โ€“ 2015 (85 years old)

Revered pioneer of modern Kabyle folk music, who spent decades as an immigrant factory worker in France singing the struggles and dignity of Algerian emigrants.

Aรฏn El Hammam (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
Fatima Mernissi
Literature & Poetry
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Fatima Mernissi

ูุงุทู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฑู†ูŠุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1940 โ€“ 2015 (75 years old)

World-renowned Moroccan sociologist and feminist author whose groundbreaking books Beyond the Veil and The Forgotten Queens of Islam revolutionized the understanding of gender in the Muslim world.

Rabat, Morocco
Gamal al-Ghitani
Literature & Poetry
23
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Gamal al-Ghitani

ุฌู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุบูŠุทุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
May 9, 1945 โ€“ October 18, 2015 (70 years old)

Towering Egyptian novelist, war correspondent, and cultural editor whose acclaimed masterpiece 'Zayni Barakat' utilized late Mamluk historical chronicles to construct a dazzling allegory of modern authoritarian surveillance and state control.

Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Sehili
Arts & Music
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Mahmoud Sehili

ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุงู„ุณู‡ูŠู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1931 โ€“ 2015 (84 years old)

Distinguished painter and colorist educated at the ร‰cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, whose moody chiaroscuro canvases explored spiritual depths and who founded the historic Galerie El Maken.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
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