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Mohamed Ben Omar Ziani

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุฒูŠุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1938 โ€“ 2016 (78 years old)

Master violinist and composer who bridged Muslim and Jewish musical traditions in Morocco, performing alongside Botbol, Pinhas, and Samy Elmaghribi in legendary shared repertoires.

Rabat, Morocco
Tony Lane
Arts & Music
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Tony Lane

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
c. 1945 โ€“ 2016 (71 years old)

Anthony Samuel Lane was an American graphic artist best known for his album art for various musicians and bands. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States
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
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
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
Boudjemaรข El Ankis
Arts & Music
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Boudjemaรข El Ankis

ุจูˆุฌู…ุนุฉ ุงู„ุนู†ูƒูŠุณ (ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจูˆุฌู…ุนุฉ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1927 โ€“ 2015 (88 years old)

Legendary Chaabi performer and composer whose collaborations with poet Mahboub Bati produced enduring popular masterpieces including 'Rah El Ghali Rah'.

Algiers, Algeria
Boutheldja Belkacem
Arts & Music
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Boutheldja Belkacem

ุจูˆุชูุฑุฉ ุจู„ู‚ุงุณู…
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1947 โ€“ 2015 (68 years old)

Pioneering singer and accordionist who recorded the very first modern Pop-Rai 45-rpm record in 1965, transforming western Algerian music alongside Messaoud Bellemou.

Aรฏn Tรฉmouchent, Algeria
Nour El-Sherif
Arts & Music
7
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Nour El-Sherif

ู†ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดุฑูŠู
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1946 โ€“ 2015 (69 years old)

Legendary Egyptian actor and producer who starred in nearly 200 films including Al-Massir and Naji al-Ali, using his own production company to launch the careers of Egypt's greatest realist directors.

Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Guinea
Arts & Music
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Mahmoud Guinea

ุงู„ู…ุนู„ู… ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุบูŠู†ูŠุง
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1951 โ€“ 2015 (64 years old)

Revered master (Maรขlem) of Moroccan Gnawa music from Essaouira whose transcendent guembri playing and global collaborations with Pharoah Sanders introduced African-Moroccan spiritual trance to the world.

Essaouira, Morocco
Omar Sharif
Arts & Music
16
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Omar Sharif

ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุดุฑูŠู
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
April 10, 1932 โ€“ July 10, 2015 (83 years old)

World-renowned Egyptian actor whose magnetic charisma, starting with Youssef Chahine's 'The Blazing Sun' in 1954, propelled him to international superstardom in David Lean's epics 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago'.

Cairo, Egypt
Amar Laskri
Arts & Music
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Amar Laskri

ุนู…ุงุฑ ุงู„ุนุณูƒุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1942 โ€“ 2015 (73 years old)

Eminent film director whose 1971 war film 'Patrouille ร  l'est' (Patrol to the East) is celebrated as one of the greatest masterpieces of Algerian revolutionary cinema.

Algiers, Algeria
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