Photographers Mohamed Amin

Mohamed Amin

Living place: Kenya

Birthday: 29-8-1943 (81 years old)

Global rank: #74826

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Who is Photographers Mohamed Amin?
Between 1983 and 1985, this prominent photojournalist produced many devastating images of the Ethiopian famine. He also founded the Kenya-based company Camerapix and has written and published many books, including Pilgrimage to Mecca and Journey through Pakistan.
He was killed in the hijacking and subsequent crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He rose to prominence in the 1970s, when his piece of journalistic photography was picked up by many Western newspapers and news TV stations.

Family life info

A native of the suburbs of Eastleigh Nairobi, Kenya, he later lived briefly in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, before traveling extensively in Ethiopia and eventually settling in his native Kenya.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Photographers Mohamed Amin?
He credited the downfall of corrupt Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada.

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When was Photographers Mohamed Amin born?
Mohamed Amin birthday 29-8-1943 (at the age of 81).
Where is Photographers Mohamed Amin's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Mohamed Amin was born in . is a Photographers, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Mohamed Amin's global rank is 74826 and whose rank is 189 in list of famous Photographers.
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Events in 1943 and 29-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Mohamed Amin

  • Churchill and Roosevelt hold the Casablanca Conference.
  • Mussolini is deposed and placed under arrest (July).

Birthday Mohamed Amin (29-8) in history

  • Day 29-8 year 1533: Atahualpa, the last king of the Incas, was ruthlessly murdered by Francisco Pizarro.
  • Day 29-8 year 1786: The day of the Shays Rebellion, a Massachusetts peasant uprising against the state government.
  • Day 29-8 year 1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
  • Day 29-8 year 1877: Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Day 29-8 year 1949: The U.S.S.R. tested their first atomic bomb.
  • Day 29-8 year 1957: Strom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history. He spoke for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill; the bill passed.
  • Day 29-8 year 1966: The Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park, California.
  • Day 29-8 year 1991: The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.
  • Day 29-8 year 2005: Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing more than 1,000.
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