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Birth:1905Malek Bennabi (1905-1972) was an Algerian scholar-activist who ranks amongst the leading Muslim twentieth century men of ideas. For a biographical account of his early life, see Facets of Faith – Malek Bennabi and Abul Aʻla Maududi, The ...
Birth:1928A prominent historian of Greco-Roman Egypt and an Egyptian public intellectual
The universe of Mostafa el-Abbadi was the ancient Great Library of Alexandria, which had occupied his mind and heart since his student days. His dream of a new library, ” a modern version of the magnificent ...
Birth:1942One of Egypt's leading film directors. One of Egypt's leading directors, Muhammad Khan whose films focussed on social ills and often featured feminist protagonists. While Muhammad Khan was not prominent beyond the Middle East, his neorealist films were both popular and critically acclaimed in the region. Three of them, 'Streetplayer' ...
Birth:1936Malian photographer Known as the 'eye of Bamako' Malick Sidibe's joyous black and white portraits showing Malian dancing carefree in the 1960s after the country claimed independence from France became celebrated around the world. When his work was shown at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris it brought ...
Birth:1923Diplomatic editor of Reuters The long-time diplomatic editor of Reuters, Mohsin Ali who later on became a key member of London's The Times staff in Washington produced scoops for the global news agency as well as international analysis for its readers across the world. Joined in 1948, as a young correspondent ...
Birth:1936Chief minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir The chief minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was well-known politician of India. India and Pakistan have long battled over control of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has been divided between them since 1947. The Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party founded in 1999 by Mufti ...
Birth:1958Great Sahrawi singer One of North Africa's great singers, Mariem Hassan used her powerful voice to publicise the plight of those who were forced to flee their homeland when Morocco took control of Western Sahara in 1975. She spent much of her life in the camps, starting her musical career in ...
Birth:1963Aid worker A familiar sight to children playing in the dusty lanes of Jordan's Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps, Mustafa Hassan, an International Rescue Committee aid worker, from Sudan, is a calming presence amid the chaos and ravages of war. A father figure to the camp's young Syrian refugees Mustafa ...
Birth:1931Cleric who led the institution that chooses Iran's Supreme Leader. Cleric who headed Iran's most influential body charged with choosing or dismissing the nation's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mohammadreza Mahdavi Kani was the chairman of the Assembly of Experts - a body of 86 senior clerics that monitor the Supreme Leader and ...
A Pakistani school pupil and education activist. The Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban has astonished the world with her courage and determination to fight for education and equal rights for women. There was her speech at the United Nations, delivered on her 16th birthday, in which, index ...
