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Sid Ali Kouiret
Arts & Music
7
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Sid Ali Kouiret

ุณูŠุฏ ุนู„ูŠ ูƒูˆูŠุฑุงุช
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1933 โ€“ 2015 (82 years old)

Towering figure of Algerian cinema and theater, iconic star of 'L'Opium et le Bรขton' who uttered the immortal line: 'Ali, a death for the homeland is a life!'

Algiers, Algeria
Abdelhadi Tazi
Literature & Poetry
14
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Abdelhadi Tazi

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู‡ุงุฏูŠ ุงู„ุชุงุฒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1921 โ€“ 2015 (93 years old)

Distinguished Moroccan historian, diplomat, and member of the Royal Academy of Morocco, internationally renowned for his 10-volume historical study of the Qarawiyyin and critical edition of Ibn Battuta.

Salรฉ, Morocco
Ezzedine Gannoun
Arts & Music
9
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Ezzedine Gannoun

ุนุฒ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ู‚ู†ูˆู†
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1953 โ€“ 2015 (62 years old)

Pioneering theatrical visionary who transformed an abandoned cabaret into the famed El Hamra theater in Tunis, establishing the Arab and African Center for Theatrical Research.

Tunis, Tunisia
Boris Nemtsov
Resistance & Human Rights
69
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Boris Nemtsov

ะ‘ะพั€ะธั ะ•ั„ะธะผะพะฒะธั‡ ะะตะผั†ะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
9 October 1959 โ€“ 27 February 2015 (55 years old)

Boris Nemtsov was a charismatic Russian physicist, former First Deputy Prime Minister, and the foremost leader of Russia's democratic opposition against authoritarian rule. A tireless anti-corruption crusader who documented state theft and opposed military intervention in Ukraine, he was assassinated on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge within sight of the Kremlin walls in February 2015.

Moscow, Russia
Politics
0
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Mathieu Ekra

Mathieu Vangah Ekra
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire
1917-02-27 โ€“ 2015-02-22 (97 years old)

Respected founding father of Cรดte d'Ivoire, co-author of the national anthem 'L'Abidjanaise', and lifelong statesman who served as Grand Mediator of the Republic resolving national political crises.

Bonoua, Cรดte d'Ivoire
Arts & Music
7
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Ammouri Mbarek

ุนู…ูˆุฑูŠ ู…ุจุงุฑูƒ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1951 โ€“ 2015 (64 years old)

Visionary reformer of modern Amazigh song who founded the legendary group Ousman in 1975, introducing polyphonic harmonies, acoustic guitars, and modern poetic arrangements to Moroccan music.

Taroudant, Morocco
Assia Djebar
Literature & Poetry
34
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Assia Djebar

ุขุณูŠุง ุฌุจุงุฑ (ูุงุทู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฒู‡ุฑุงุก ุฅูŠู…ู„ุงูŠู†)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1936 โ€“ 2015 (78 years old)

Foremost Algerian novelist, essayist, and filmmaker who gave voice to Algerian women silenced by colonialism and patriarchy, becoming the first writer from North Africa elected to the Acadรฉmie Franรงaise in 2005.

Cherchell, Algeria
Politics
0
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Christophe Gbenye

Christophe Gbenye
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Congo
1927-01-01 โ€“ 2015-02-03 (88 years old)

Leading Lumumbist political leader who served as Minister of the Interior in Patrice Lumumba's first government (1960) and later headed the revolutionary CNL and People's Republic at Stanleyville in 1964.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenji Goto
Resistance & Human Rights
49
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Kenji Goto

ๅพŒ่—ค ๅฅไบŒ (Goto Kenji)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
23 October 1967 โ€“ 30 January 2015 (47 years old)

Kenji Goto was a renowned Japanese freelance video journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author who dedicated his career to documenting the suffering of innocent civilians, refugees, and children in the world's most perilous conflict zones, from Sierra Leone and Rwanda to Iraq and Syria. In October 2014, he bravely entered ISIS-controlled Syria in an attempt to rescue a captured friend, where he was captured and executed in January 2015.

near Raqqa, Syria
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