Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Mohamed Jarir

محمد جرير حمان

Morocco

1944 – 2018 (73 years old)

Legendary Raja Casablanca striker who made history on June 3, 1970, in León, Mexico, by scoring Morocco and North Africa's very first goal in FIFA World Cup history against West Germany.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Sonia (Sakina Mekkiou)

سونيا (سكينة ميكيو)

Algeria

1953 – 2018 (64 years old)

Courageous doyenne of Algerian theater, actress and director who defied terrorist death threats during the Black Decade to keep theater stages illuminated.

Algiers, Algeria

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Economics

Prophets & Divine Messengers

Adebayo Adedeji

Nigeria

1930-12-21 – 2018-04-25 (87 years old)

Renowned Nigerian economist and international public servant who served as Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, formulating the historic Lagos Plan of Action.

Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

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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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Farouk Beloufa

فاروق بلوفة

Algeria

1947 – 2018 (70 years old)

Visionary auteur filmmaker whose 1979 cult film 'Nahla', set during the Lebanese Civil War, is celebrated as one of the most intellectually ambitious films in Arab cinema.

Oued Fodda (Chélif), Algeria

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Music

Rim Banna

ريم بنا

Palestine

8 December 1966 – 24 March 2018 (51 years old)

Cherished Palestinian singer and composer from Nazareth who modernized traditional folk lullabies and inspired resistance through music.

Nazareth, Palestine

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Sciences & Discovery

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Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking

Great Britain

1942 – 2018 (76 years old)

Legendary British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who discovered Hawking radiation and authored A Brief History of Time.

London, United Kingdom

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Sports & Athletics

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Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister

Great Britain

23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018 (88 years old)

Sir Roger Bannister was an English middle-distance runner and renowned neurologist who achieved one of the most celebrated athletic breakthroughs in human history by breaking the psychological barrier of the four-minute mile on 6 May 1954 (3:59.4). Balancing full-time medical studies with training, he subsequently won the 1954 Empire Games 'Miracle Mile' over John Landy.

Oxford, Great Britain

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Linguistics

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Rachid Hamzaoui

رشاد الحمزواي

Tunisia

1934 AD – 2018 (84 years old)

Pioneering Arabic lexicographer and linguist who modernized terminological research, founded the Center for Arabic Lexicography, and authored foundational dictionaries of modern Arabic vocabulary.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Science

Richard E. Taylor

Canada

2 November 1929 – 22 February 2018 (88 years old)

Canadian particle physicist whose deep inelastic electron scattering experiments provided the first direct experimental evidence for quarks, winning the 1990 Nobel Prize.

Palo Alto, United States

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Taïeb Louhichi

الطيب الوحيشي

Tunisia

1948 – 2018 (69 years old)

Auteur film director celebrated for his poetic masterpiece Shadow of the Earth (Dhillel El Ard), which won international awards at Cannes and FESPACO for its luminous meditation on nomadism.

Mareth, Tunisia

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Cheb Tahar

الشاب طاهر (طاهر بوقرة)

Algeria

1963 – 2018 (55 years old)

Pioneering romantic Raï singer of the 1980s golden age in Oran, whose smooth vocal ballads helped popularize the genre among youth.

Oran, Algeria

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Politics

Dave Barrett

Canada

2 October 1930 – 2 February 2018 (87 years old)

First NDP premier of British Columbia whose whirlwind three-year administration created the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), ICBC public auto insurance, and Hansard.

Vancouver, Canada

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Sanford Diller

United States

c. 1929 – 2018 (89 years old)

Sanford Ned Diller was an American billionaire and the founder of Prometheus Real Estate Group.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Omar Aggad

Switzerland

c. 1928 – 2018 (90 years old)

Omar A. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Geneva, Switzerland

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