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Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani
Arts & Music
3
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Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุทุงู‡ุฑ ุงู„ูุฑุฌุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1928 โ€“ 2016 (88 years old)

The undisputed 'King of Constantine Malouf', master violinist with a golden voice who preserved and recorded the ancient Andalusian musical patrimony of eastern Algeria.

Constantine, Algeria
Aรฏcha Mint Chighaly
Arts & Music
10
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Aรฏcha Mint Chighaly

ุนุงุฆุดุฉ ู…ู†ุช ุดุบุงู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania
1948 โ€“ 2016 (68 years old)

Renowned female Mauritanian griot and master of the ancestral ardine harp whose powerful, hypnotic vocal renditions preserved the oral epics of the Sahara at world music festivals.

Nouakchott, Mauritania
Amar Ezzahi
Arts & Music
14
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Amar Ezzahi

ุนู…ุงุฑ ุงู„ุฒุงู‡ูŠ (ุนู…ุงุฑ ุฃูŠุช ุฒุงูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1941 โ€“ 2016 (75 years old)

Beloved Algerian Chaabi maestro and ascetic street philosopher whose soul-stirring mandole improvisations, humble Casbah lifestyle, and refusal of commercial stardom made him a sacred folk legend.

Algiers, Algeria
Arts & Music
1
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Vladimir Tamari

ูู„ุงุฏูŠู…ูŠุฑ ุชู…ุงุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine
1942 โ€“ 23 November 2016 (74 years old)

Visionary Palestinian optical artist and inventor in Tokyo who created the 3DD drawing instrument and designed the modern 'Al-Quds' Arabic font.

Yokohama, Japan
Music
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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1934 โ€“ 2016 (82 years old)

World-renowned Montreal poet and singer-songwriter whose gravelly baritone and sublime poetic meditations on love, grace, and despair produced global anthems like Suzanne, Bird on the Wire, and Hallelujah.

Montreal, Canada
Marc Sleen
Arts & Music
2
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Marc Sleen

Marcel Neels
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1922 โ€“ 2016 (93 years old)

Iconic Flemish cartoonist and wildlife documentary filmmaker who created The Adventures of Nero and co., holding the Guinness World Record for single-handedly drawing over 200 full comic strip albums without assistants.

Sint-Amandsberg (Ghent), Belgium
Moncef Souissi
Arts & Music
3
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Moncef Souissi

ุงู„ู…ู†ุตู ุงู„ุณูˆูŠุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1944 AD โ€“ 2016 (72 years old)

Visionary theatrical innovator who founded the legendary Regional Theater Troupe of El Kef, decentralizing Tunisian drama and staging masterworks like El Halag and Diwan Ezzanj.

Tunis, Tunisia
Farouk Shousha
Literature & Poetry
12
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Farouk Shousha

ูุงุฑูˆู‚ ุดูˆุดุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1936 โ€“ 2016 (80 years old)

Celebrated lyric poet and iconic radio broadcaster whose program 'Our Beautiful Language' (Lughatuna al-Jamila) aired for forty years, serving as President of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo.

Damietta, Egypt
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
Statesmanship & Statesmen
34
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

เธžเธฃเธฐเธšเธฒเธ—เธชเธกเน€เธ”เน‡เธˆเธžเธฃเธฐเธšเธฃเธกเธŠเธ™เธเธฒเธ˜เธดเน€เธšเธจเธฃ เธกเธซเธฒเธ เธนเธกเธดเธžเธฅเธญเธ”เธธเธฅเธขเน€เธ”เธŠเธกเธซเธฒเธฃเธฒเธŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ United States
1927 โ€“ 2016 (88 years old)

Ninth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty of Thailand whose 70-year reign made him one of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, revered as the moral anchor of Thailand who initiated 4,000 royal development projects.

Bangkok, Thailand
Daphne Odjig
Arts & Music
2
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Daphne Odjig

Daphne Odjig
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1919 โ€“ 2016 (97 years old)

Pioneering Potawatomi-Odawa artist who co-founded the Indian Group of Seven in 1973, blending cubist and Indigenous woodland styles, and became the first Indigenous woman admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Manitoulin Island (Ontario), Canada
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