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Vida Alves
Arts & Music
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Vida Alves

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
c. 1929 โ€“ 2017 (88 years old)

Vida Amรฉlia Guedes Alves was a Brazilian actress and pioneer of early Brazilian television whose career spanned more than seventy years. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani
Arts & Music
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Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุทุงู‡ุฑ ุงู„ูุฑุฌุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1928 โ€“ 2016 (88 years old)

The undisputed 'King of Constantine Malouf', master violinist with a golden voice who preserved and recorded the ancient Andalusian musical patrimony of eastern Algeria.

Aรฏcha Mint Chighaly
Arts & Music
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Aรฏcha Mint Chighaly

ุนุงุฆุดุฉ ู…ู†ุช ุดุบุงู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania
1948 โ€“ 2016 (68 years old)

Renowned female Mauritanian griot and master of the ancestral ardine harp whose powerful, hypnotic vocal renditions preserved the oral epics of the Sahara at world music festivals.

Amar Ezzahi
Arts & Music
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Amar Ezzahi

ุนู…ุงุฑ ุงู„ุฒุงู‡ูŠ (ุนู…ุงุฑ ุฃูŠุช ุฒุงูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1941 โ€“ 2016 (75 years old)

Beloved Algerian Chaabi maestro and ascetic street philosopher whose soul-stirring mandole improvisations, humble Casbah lifestyle, and refusal of commercial stardom made him a sacred folk legend.

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Vladimir Tamari

ูู„ุงุฏูŠู…ูŠุฑ ุชู…ุงุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine
1942 โ€“ 23 November 2016 (74 years old)

Visionary Palestinian optical artist and inventor in Tokyo who created the 3DD drawing instrument and designed the modern 'Al-Quds' Arabic font.

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