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  "ar": "مصطفى شريف",
  "en": "Mustapha Cherif",
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  "ar": "فيلسوف ومفكر جزائري ⁦(وُلد في مليانة سنة 1950)⁩. وزير الجامعات (1990–1991) وسفير الجزائر في مصر (1994–2001)، ومؤسس مجموعة الصداقة الإسلامية المسيحية (1993)، ومن أبرز دعاة حوار الحضارات والأديان؛ نال جائزة اليونسكو–الشارقة للثقافة العربية سنة 2012.",
  "en": "Algerian philosopher and thinker (born 1950 in Miliana). Minister of universities (1990–1991) and Algeria's ambassador to Egypt (1994–2001), founder of the Groupe d'amitié islamo-chrétienne (1993) and a leading voice for dialogue among civilisations and religions; he received the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture in 2012.",
  "ur": "الجزائری فلسفی اور مفکر ⁦(پیدائش 1950ء، ملیانہ)⁩۔ وزیرِ جامعات ⁦(1990–1991ء)⁩ اور مصر میں الجزائر کے سفیر ⁦(1994–2001ء)⁩ رہے؛ اسلامی مسیحی دوستی گروپ ⁦(1993ء)⁩ کے بانی اور تہذیبوں و مذاہب کے مکالمے کی نمایاں آواز؛ 2012ء میں یونیسکو–شارجہ انعام برائے عرب ثقافت سے نوازے گئے۔"
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   "note": "Born in 1950 at Miliana, Algeria: the French biography gives Miliana and Wikidata's place of birth is Miliana (Q48468); the Arabic biography says he was born near Miliana, a variant preserved here. No source read gives a day or month, and the year 1950 spans the Hijri years 1369–1370, so no hijri value is recorded.",
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