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Alaa Al Aswany

1957 - Today

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Alaa Al Aswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ elɑsˈwɑːni]; born 26 May 1957) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alaa Al Aswany has received more than 162,920 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alaa Al Aswany is the 3,714th most popular writer (down from 3,642nd in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 3,714 out of 5,755. Before him are Albert Aurier, Auguste Barbier, Donald Barthelme, Anton Pann, Theodore Balsamon, and Xiao Hong. After him are Francisco Coloane, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Hugh Benson, Lope de Rueda, Ken Adam, and Henry Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 154. Before him are Nikos Galis, José Mário Vaz, Ruy Ramos, Judge Reinhold, Denis Leary, and Yasuhiro Yamashita. After him are Rustam Minnikhanov, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Timothy Treadwell, Tony Martin, Roberto Rojas, and Adri van Tiggelen.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 419 out of 582. Before him are Mariamne (-100), Atom Egoyan (1960), Farag Foda (1946), Safiya Zaghloul (1876), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), and Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300). After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1884), Meretseger (-1850), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Alex Proyas (1963), and Menas of Constantinople (null).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 43. Before him are Eutychius of Alexandria (877), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Georges Schehadé (1905), Doria Shafik (1908), Ammonius of Alexandria (300), and Farag Foda (1946). After him are Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Apion (-30), Yusuf Idris (1927), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Sotion (-250), and Andrée Chedid (1920).

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