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Boualem Titiche
Arts & Music
7
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Boualem Titiche

ุจูˆุนู„ุงู… ุชูŠุชูŠุด (ุจูˆุนู„ุงู… ู…ู†ุตูˆุฑูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1908 โ€“ 1989 (81 years old)

Unrivaled master virtuoso of the traditional Algerian oboe (ghaita and zurna) who brought authentic folk rhythms from Casbah festivals to symphony halls across Europe and the Soviet Union.

Algiers, Algeria
Mustapha Kateb
Arts & Music
18
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Mustapha Kateb

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ูƒุงุชุจ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1920 โ€“ 1989 (69 years old)

Pioneering theatrical director and actor who directed the historic FLN Theatrical Troupe during the War of Independence and founded the Algerian National Theatre (TNA) after independence.

Algiers, Algeria
Ahmed El Bidaoui
Arts & Music
16
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Ahmed El Bidaoui

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุจูŠุถุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1918 โ€“ 1989 (71 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan composer, singer, and oud maestro celebrated as the 'Moroccan Abdel Wahab', who led the National Radio Orchestra and modernized classical Arabic art music.

Rabat, Morocco
Chafia Rochdi
Arts & Music
14
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Chafia Rochdi

ุดุงููŠุฉ ุฑุดุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
November 7, 1910 โ€“ July 21, 1989 (78 years old)

Groundbreaking Tunisian singer, actress, and theater troupe director who was one of the earliest Muslim women to take the stage in North Africa, establishing a permanent legacy in musical drama.

Tunis, Tunisia
Inji Aflatoon
Arts & Music
15
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Inji Aflatoon

ุฅู†ุฌูŠ ุฃูู„ุงุทูˆู†
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
April 16, 1924 โ€“ April 17, 1989 (65 years old)

Revolutionary Egyptian visual artist and Marxist feminist pioneer whose expressive, vibrant canvases portrayed the dignity of working-class laborers, peasants, and her own five-year incarceration as a political prisoner.

Cairo, Egypt
Roy Eldridge
Arts & Music
29
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Roy Eldridge

David Roy Eldridge
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1911 โ€“ 1989 (78 years old)

American jazz trumpet virtuoso known as 'Little Jazz', whose blistering upper-register fireworks and harmonic daring served as the vital bridge between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie.

Valley Stream, United States
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalรญ i Domรจnech, 1st Marquess of Dalรญ de Pรบbol
Arts & Music
44
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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalรญ i Domรจnech, 1st Marquess of Dalรญ de Pรบbol

Salvador Dalรญ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
11 May 1904 โ€“ 23 January 1989 (84 years old)

Legendary Spanish surrealist painter whose flamboyant theatricality, flawless technical draftsmanship, and hallucinatory dreamscapesโ€”like The Persistence of Memory and melting watchesโ€”made him one of the 20th century's most indelible icons.

Figueres (Catalonia), Spain
Mohamed Abdelwahab Agoumi
Arts & Music
1
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Mohamed Abdelwahab Agoumi

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ูˆู‡ุงุจ ุฃูƒูˆู…ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1918 โ€“ 1989 (71 years old)

Pioneering academic composer who studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, father of modern Moroccan symphonic orchestration, and long-time Inspector-General of National Music Education.

Rabat, Morocco
Moulay Ahmed Loukili
Arts & Music
0
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Moulay Ahmed Loukili

ู…ูˆู„ุงูŠ ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ูˆูƒูŠู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1909 โ€“ 1988 (79 years old)

The supreme patriarch of Moroccan-Andalusian classical music (Al-Ala) in the 20th century, long-time director of the National Andalusian Orchestra of Radio Tรฉlรฉvision Marocaine (RTM).

Rabat, Morocco
Pierre Boucherle
Arts & Music
1
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Pierre Boucherle

ุจูŠูŠุฑ ุจูˆุดุงุฑู„
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1894 โ€“ 1988 (94 years old)

The visionary founder of the Tunis School of Painting in 1949, who united Muslim, Jewish, and European artists in a shared quest for an authentic, pluralistic Tunisian modern art identity.

Tunis, Tunisia
Luis Barragan
Arts & Music
30
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Luis Barragan

Luis Ramiro Barragรกn Morfรญn
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1902 โ€“ 1988 (86 years old)

Mexican architect who won the 1980 Pritzker Architecture Prize, world-famous for his poetic emotional architecture utilizing vivid color walls, tranquil water features, and dramatic sunlight.

Mexico City, Mexico
Hassan El-Hassani
Arts & Music
18
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Hassan El-Hassani

ุญุณู† ุงู„ุญุณู†ูŠ (ุญุณู† ุจู† ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1916 โ€“ 1987 (71 years old)

Beloved comedic actor and satirical genius whose folk character 'Boubaghla' and appearances in films like 'Chronicle of the Years of Fire' made him the quintessential voice of rural Algerian wisdom.

Mรฉdรฉa, Algeria
Arts & Music
0
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Naji al-Ali

ู†ุงุฌูŠ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine
c. 1937 โ€“ 29 August 1987 (50 years old)

World-renowned Palestinian political cartoonist whose iconic ten-year-old character 'Handala' became the global symbol of Palestinian defiance.

Woking, United Kingdom
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