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Lounes Matoub

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Profession
Poet
Died
Jan 25, 1998
Zodiac
Aquarius
Born in
Algeria
About
Became a symbol of resistance and human rights for his poetry. He wrote the blasphemous song "Allahu Akbar." His assassination sparked riots and unrest Kabylie.
Family
On June 25, 1998, his car was stopped at a roadblock in eastern Algeria by masked gunmen. The bullets that raged from his attacker's weapons killed him and wounded his wife and her two sisters. He was married twice.

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