Historical Archives & Public Figures

عبد القادر قروج

Algeria

1928 – 2020 (92 years old)

Historic communist militant and leader of the Combattants de la Libération who integrated communist combatants into the ALN, condemned to death by French tribunals in 1957.

Algiers, Algeria

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Commandant Lakhdar Bouragaa

لخضر بورقعة

Algeria

1933 – 2020 (87 years old)

Heroic ALN commander in Wilaya 4 and co-founder of the FFS, who remained an unbending champion of democracy and popular sovereignty until his death at age 87.

Algiers, Algeria

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Arts & Music

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Mohamed Melehi

محمد المليحي

Morocco

1936 – 2020 (83 years old)

Legendary Moroccan abstract painter whose vibrant 'wave' motif revolutionized North African visual arts, co-founding the Casablanca School and the Asilah Cultural Moussem.

Asilah, Morocco

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Arts & Music

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Naâma

نعمة

Tunisia

February 27, 1934 – October 18, 2020 (86 years old)

Beloved Tunisian musical icon whose gentle, crystal-clear voice and vast discography of over five hundred songs earned her recognition as Tunisia's greatest cultural ambassador and songbird of the twentieth century.

Azmour, Tunisia

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Arts & Music

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Aziz Saâdallah

عزيز سعد الله

Morocco

1950 – 2020 (70 years old)

Master Moroccan comic actor, playwright, and producer who formed a legendary stage and screen partnership with his wife Khadija Assad, creating classic plays and the iconic sitcom Lalla Fatima.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Sciences & Discovery

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Mario Molina

Mario José Molina Henríquez

Mexico

1943 – 2020 (77 years old)

Mexican physical chemist who discovered that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) decompose stratospheric ozone, earning the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and spearheading the Montreal Protocol.

Mexico City, Mexico

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Politics

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John Turner

John Napier Turner

Great Britain

7 June 1929 – 19 September 2020 (91 years old)

Seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada, track star, and Justice Minister who established the Law Reform Commission and defended parliamentary democracy.

Toronto, Canada

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Arts & Music

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Touria Jebrane (Saadia Kraytif)

ثريا جبران

Morocco

1952 – 2020 (67 years old)

Trailblazing Moroccan stage actress, co-founder of Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui alongside Abdelwahed Ouzri, and the first working artist appointed Minister of Culture in the Arab world (2007–2009).

Casablanca, Morocco

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Sports & Athletics

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Hamadi Agrebi

حمادي العقربي (الساحر)

Tunisia

1951 – 2020 (69 years old)

Legendary midfield playmaker known as 'The Magician' whose sublime technical wizardry at the 1978 World Cup captivated international audiences, and in whose honor the Olympic Stadium of Radès was named.

Sfax, Tunisia

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Arts & Music

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Shwikar

شويكار

Egypt

1938 – 2020 (81 years old)

Beloved Grande Dame of Egyptian comedy and musical theater, forming with husband Fouad El-Mohandes the most iconic on-stage comedy duo in modern Arab cultural history.

Cairo, Egypt

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Humanitarian & Peace

48

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John Hume

Great Britain

1937 – 2020 (83 years old)

Homme politique nord-irlandais, principal bâtisseur de l'accord de paix du Vendredi saint de 1998 et lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix 1998.

Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Sports & Athletics

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Said Amara

سعيد عمارة

Algeria

1933 – 2020 (87 years old)

Stalwart forward of the historic FLN Football Team, coach, and President of the Algerian Football Federation who dedicated his life to Algerian sports.

Saïda, Algeria

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Gisèle Halimi

Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb

Tunisia

27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020 (93 years old)

Tunisian-born French lawyer and feminist icon who defended Algerian FLN militants against military torture, co-founded the movement Choisir la Cause des Femmes with Simone de Beauvoir, and won the landmark Bobigny Trial.

Paris, France

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Humanitarian & Peace

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John Robert Lewis

John Lewis

United States

1940 – 2020 (80 years old)

Légende des droits civiques et apôtre du « Bon désordre » (Good Trouble), président du SNCC, sauvagement blessé sur le pont Edmund Pettus lors du Bloody Sunday à Selma.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Cordy Tindell Vivian

C. T. Vivian

United States

1924 – 2020 (95 years old)

Pasteur et lieutenant héroïque de Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom Rider brutalement frappé par le shérif Clark à Selma dont la dignité pacifiste fit basculer l'opinion.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Resistance & Human Rights

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John Lewis

John Robert Lewis

United States

21 February 1940 – 17 July 2020 (80 years old)

American statesman and civil rights leader who was one of the 'Big Six' leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, survived brutal beatings on Bloody Sunday in Selma, and served over three decades in Congress.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Arts & Music

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Mahmoud Reda

محمود رضا

Egypt

1930 – 2020 (90 years old)

Visionary pioneer of modern Egyptian and Arab theatrical dance who founded the legendary Reda Troupe in 1959, elevating traditional folk dances from the Nile and Bedouin deserts to Carnegie Hall and the Olympia.

Cairo, Egypt

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