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Sabah Fakhri

صباح فخري

Syria

2 May 1933 – 2 November 2021 (88 years old)

Legendary Syrian musical icon whose incomparable vocal stamina, tarab artistry, and mastery preserved the musical heritage of Aleppo.

Aleppo, Syria

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Ali El Hani

علي الهاني

Tunisia

1941 AD – 2018 (77 years old)

Eminent botanist and agronomic scientist who safeguarded Tunisia's indigenous olive, date palm, and arid cereal genetics, directing national research on desertification resilience.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Hassen Zirelli

حسن الزرلي

Tunisia

1938 AD – 2014 (76 years old)

Virtuoso master of the qanun (zither) and classical music theorist who modernized Arabic instrumental pedagogy and composed intricate instrumental pieces for the national ensemble.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Mohamed Boudhina

محمد بوذينة

Tunisia

1936 AD – 2011 (75 years old)

Venerated radio broadcaster and historian who authored monumental biographical encyclopedias of Tunisian musicians, artists, and poets, preserving oral memories of the nation's cultural golden age.

Hammamet, Tunisia

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Hassine Ghali

حسين غالي

Tunisia

1925 AD – 2010 (85 years old)

Pioneering pedagogue who authored foundational national school curricula and Arabic language reading manuals that educated millions of Tunisian schoolchildren after independence.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Bechir Torki

بشير التركي

Tunisia

1931 – 2009 (78 years old)

Pioneering nuclear physicist who founded Tunisia's Atomic Energy Commission, was elected President of the IAEA General Conference in 1969, and held over thirty international patents in solar desalination.

Mahdia, Tunisia

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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan

زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان

United Arab Emirates

6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004 (86 years old)

Founding father and first President of the United Arab Emirates whose visionary diplomacy united the seven Emirates in 1971.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Mongi Ben Hamida

المنجي بن حميدة

Tunisia

1928 – 2003 (75 years old)

World-renowned neurologist and neurogeneticist who founded the National Institute of Neurology of Tunis and discovered the genetic etiology of severe childhood muscular dystrophies (Ben Hamida Syndrome).

Kelibia, Tunisia

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Maria Casarès

María Victoria Casares Pérez

Spain

1922 – 1996 (74 years old)

Galician-born tragic actress of volcanic intensity who fled to France during the Spanish Civil War, starred as Death in Jean Cocteau's Orphée, played Nathalie in Children of Paradise, and was the lifelong soulmate of Albert Camus.

Alloue (Charente), France

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Ahmed Louhichi

أحمد الوحيشي

Tunisia

1920 AD – 1995 (75 years old)

Pioneering post-independence civil engineer who directed the construction of major highway arteries, modern water reservoirs, and foundational bridges across the Tunisian Republic.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Lino Ventura

Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura

Italy

1919 – 1987 (68 years old)

Beloved Italian-born titan of French cinema, former European wrestling champion, whose granite jaw and moral gravity anchored French masterpieces including Touchez pas au grisbi, Les Tontons Flingueurs, and L'Armée des ombres.

Le Val-Saint-Germain (Essonne), France

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Abdallah El-Yafi

عبد الله اليافي

Lebanon

7 September 1901 – 4 November 1986 (85 years old)

Seven-time Prime Minister of Lebanon celebrated for his unblemished financial integrity and for granting Lebanese women the right to vote in 1952.

Beirut, Lebanon

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Alfred Kastler

Alfred Kastler

France

1902 – 1984 (81 years old)

Alsatian French physicist who won the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the method of 'optical pumping' in 1950, which paved the way for the invention of lasers, masers, and atomic clocks.

Bures-sur-Yvette (Essonne), France

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Victor Valensi

فيكتور فالنسي

Tunisia

1883 – 1977 (93 years old)

Pioneering architect of Tunisian Jewish heritage who created the Neo-Mauresque architectural renaissance, designing the Great Synagogue of Tunis and prominent modernist public buildings.

Nice, France

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Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria

Elisabeth von Wittelsbach

Germany

1876 – 1965 (89 years old)

Revered Queen of the Belgians, Duchess in Bavaria, who tended wounded soldiers on the Yser front lines in World War I, sheltered Jewish children in World War II, and founded the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.

Laeken (Brussels), Belgium

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Habib Bougatfa

الحبيب بوقطفة

Tunisia

1906 AD – 1961 (55 years old)

Revered resistance hero and civil leader of Bizerte who gave his life defending the city during the bloody July 1961 battle to evict the last French military naval base from Tunisian soil.

Bizerte, Tunisia

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Papa Simon Kimbangu

Simon Kimbangu

Congo

12 September 1887 – 12 October 1951 (64 years old)

Congolese Baptist catechist who began a miraculous healing ministry at Nkamba in 1921. Imprisoned for thirty years by Belgian colonial authorities, his steadfast non-violence inspired the Kimbanguist Church of millions.

Lubumbashi, Congo (DRC)

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Black Elk / Hehaka Sapa (Lakota Holy Man & Divine Visionary)

Heȟáka Sápa

United States

1863 – 1950 (86 years old)

A revered Oglala Lakota holy man (Wičháša Wakȟáŋ) and second cousin of Crazy Horse, Black Elk received the monumental Great Vision of the Six Grandfathers at age nine, dedicating his life to keeping the sacred hoop of humanity unbroken.

Pine Ridge, United States

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