She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Nora Cortiñas, 94, a Founder of Argentina’s Mothers of the ‘Disappeared,’ Dies
Ms. Cortiñas became a key member of a group of women whose children had been taken by the military dictatorship that led Argentina from 1976 to 1983.
Birubala Rabha, Who Battled Witch Hunting in India, Dies at 75
She traveled from village to village in a crusade to stop a practice in which women have been accused of being witches and harshly punished, or even killed, for it.
Barry Kemp, Who Unearthed Insights About Ancient Egypt, Dies at 84
An archaeologist, he wrote widely on everyday life under the pharaohs and did much of his fieldwork at Amarna, considered the Egyptian version of Pompeii.
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s President, Is Dead at 63
The hard-line Shiite cleric was seen as a possible successor to Iran’s supreme leader. Mr. Raisi’s death comes at a moment of turbulence for a country facing a deepening conflict with Israel.
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s President, Is Dead at 63
The hard-line Shiite cleric was seen as a possible successor to Iran’s supreme leader. Mr. Raisi’s death comes at a moment of turbulence for a country facing a deepening conflict with Israel.
Rex Murphy, a Dominant Pundit on the Right in Canada, Dies at 77
In newspaper columns and on radio and TV, he was his country’s “premier provocateur,” gaining a wide audience for his conservative attacks on liberals and environmentalists.
A.T. Ariyaratne, a Hero in Sri Lanka for Helping the Poor, Dies at 92
He built Sarvodaya, an organization that battled dismal living conditions in his country’s villages and championed peace and mediation during a vicious civil war.
Bernard Pivot, Host of Influential French TV Show on Books, Dies at 89
For 15 years, French viewers watched Mr. Pivot on his weekly show, “Apostrophes,” to decide what to read next.
Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies
Mr. Kim, who served under all three generations of the country’s ruling family, was likened to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister.