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Abbās al-Aqqād

1889 - 1964

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Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (Arabic: عباس محمود العقاد, ALA-LC: ‘Abbās Maḥmūd al-‘Aqqād; 28 June 1889 – 12 March 1964) was an Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic, and member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbās al-Aqqād has received more than 68,099 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Abbās al-Aqqād is the 2,897th most popular writer (up from 3,159th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 378th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 18

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  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 2,897 out of 5,755Before him are Paula von Preradović, Pierre Gringore, John Ford, José Donoso, Marcellus of Ancyra, and Hồ Xuân Hương. After him are Jens Baggesen, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Emma Orczy, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, William Goldman, and Leah Goldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 130Before him are Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Ki Hajar Dewantara, Lloyd Bacon, Tito Schipa, Edmond Privat, and Shōji Nishimura. After him are Shigeyoshi Inoue, Angelo Iachino, Larry Semon, Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Rains, and Lord Leopold Mountbatten. Among people deceased in 1964, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 87Before him are Joseph Marx, Jean Ray, Ebbe Schwartz, Eric Dolphy, Khawaja Nazimuddin, and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov. After him are Francisco Canaro, Aloïse Corbaz, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Alvin York, Charilaos Vasilakos, and Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 365 out of 582Before him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (1923), Haim Saban (1944), Ali ibn Ridwan (988), Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (1943), and Mohamed Salah (1992). After him are Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Osorkon IV (-800), Lysandra (-300), Julian Fellowes (1949), Bat Ye'or (1933), and Hermias (401).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 32Before him are André Aciman (1951), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), Albert Cossery (1913), Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Ibn Taghribirdi (1410), and Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888). After him are Bat Ye'or (1933), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), Salama Moussa (1887), Eutychius of Alexandria (877), and Dionysius Periegetes (100).