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Boris Nemtsov
Resistance & Human Rights
67
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Boris Nemtsov

ะ‘ะพั€ะธั ะ•ั„ะธะผะพะฒะธั‡ ะะตะผั†ะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
9 October 1959 โ€“ 27 February 2015 (55 years old)

Boris Nemtsov was a charismatic Russian physicist, former First Deputy Prime Minister, and the foremost leader of Russia's democratic opposition against authoritarian rule. A tireless anti-corruption crusader who documented state theft and opposed military intervention in Ukraine, he was assassinated on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge within sight of the Kremlin walls in February 2015.

Moscow, Russia
Arts & Music
4
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Ammouri Mbarek

ุนู…ูˆุฑูŠ ู…ุจุงุฑูƒ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1951 โ€“ 2015 (64 years old)

Visionary reformer of modern Amazigh song who founded the legendary group Ousman in 1975, introducing polyphonic harmonies, acoustic guitars, and modern poetic arrangements to Moroccan music.

Taroudant, Morocco
Assia Djebar
Literature & Poetry
31
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Assia Djebar

ุขุณูŠุง ุฌุจุงุฑ (ูุงุทู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฒู‡ุฑุงุก ุฅูŠู…ู„ุงูŠู†)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1936 โ€“ 2015 (78 years old)

Foremost Algerian novelist, essayist, and filmmaker who gave voice to Algerian women silenced by colonialism and patriarchy, becoming the first writer from North Africa elected to the Acadรฉmie Franรงaise in 2005.

Cherchell, Algeria
Kenji Goto
Resistance & Human Rights
46
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Kenji Goto

ๅพŒ่—ค ๅฅไบŒ (Goto Kenji)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
23 October 1967 โ€“ 30 January 2015 (47 years old)

Kenji Goto was a renowned Japanese freelance video journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author who dedicated his career to documenting the suffering of innocent civilians, refugees, and children in the world's most perilous conflict zones, from Sierra Leone and Rwanda to Iraq and Syria. In October 2014, he bravely entered ISIS-controlled Syria in an attempt to rescue a captured friend, where he was captured and executed in January 2015.

near Raqqa, Syria
Faten Hamama
Arts & Music
15
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Faten Hamama

ูุงุชู† ุญู…ุงู…ุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
May 27, 1931 โ€“ January 17, 2015 (83 years old)

Supreme icon of Egyptian and Arab cinema universally acclaimed as 'The Lady of the Arabic Screen', whose stellar six-decade career and nearly one hundred films revolutionized social attitudes and women's legal rights across the Middle East.

6th of October City, Egypt
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