The Most Famous
WRITERS from Yemen
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Yemeni Writers of all time. This list of famous Yemeni Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Wahb ibn Munabbih (655 - 738)
With an HPI of 56.09, Wahb ibn Munabbih is the most famous Yemeni Writer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Wahb ibn Munabbih (Arabic: وهب بن منبه) was a Yemenite Muslim traditionist of Dhimar (two days' journey from Sana'a) in Yemen; died at the age of ninety, in a year variously given by Arabic authorities as 725, 728, 732, and 737 C.E. He was a member of Banu Alahrar (Sons of the free people), a Yemeni of Persian origin. He is counted among the Tabi‘in and a narrator of Isra'iliyat. He was also known as the author of The Book of Crowns on the Kings of Himyar.
2. Nujood Ali (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 26.06, Nujood Ali is the 2nd most famous Yemeni Writer. Her biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Nujood Ali (Arabic: نجود علي, born 1998) is a central figure in Yemen's movement against forced marriage and child marriage. At the age of ten, she obtained a divorce, breaking with the tribal tradition. In November 2008, the U.S. Women's magazine Glamour designated Nujood Ali as Woman of the Year, and associated her lawyer Shada Nasser to the same tribute. Ali's courage was praised by prominent women, including Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Ali's lawyer Shada Nasser, born in 1964, is a feminist and specialist in human rights, whose involvement in Ali's case received much acclaim. Ali has also written a book together with French journalist Delphine Minoui called: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Yemeni writers born between 655 and 1998. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Yemeni writers include Nujood Ali. The most famous deceased Yemeni writers include Wahb ibn Munabbih. As of April 2024, 1 new Yemeni writers have been added to Pantheon including Wahb ibn Munabbih.
