WRITER

Alifa Rifaat

1930 - 1996

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Fatimah Rifaat (June 5, 1930 – January 1996), better known by her pen name Alifa Rifaat (Arabic: أليفة رفعت), was an Egyptian author whose controversial short stories are renowned for their depictions of the dynamics of female sexuality, relationships, and loss in rural Egyptian culture. While taking on such controversial subjects, Fatimah Rifaat's protagonists remained religiously faithful with passive feelings towards their fate. Her stories did not attempt to undermine the patriarchal system; rather they were used to depict the problems inherent in a patriarchal society when men do not adhere to their religious teachings that advocate for the kind treatment of women. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alifa Rifaat has received more than 97,961 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alifa Rifaat is the 5,783rd most popular writer (down from 5,150th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 486th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Distant view of a minaret
Translations into English, Fiction, Social life and customs
1985
Distant view of a minaret and other stories
Arabic fiction, English fiction, Translations from Arabic
1983
African Short Stories
Short stories, African (English), African literature, Short stories, african
1985
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories (Emerging Voices (Quartet))
1984
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories (African Writers Series No. 271)
1987
UT, Nr.4, Zeit der Jasminblüte
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alifa Rifaat ranks 5,783 out of 7,302. Before her are Leyla Erbil, Steven Saylor, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Avram Davidson, Edward Abbey, and Aurora Mardiganian. After her are Maria Polydouri, Raffaele La Capria, Marina Lewycka, Robert Sabatier, Kazimierz Wierzyński, and Horacio Guarany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Alifa Rifaat ranks 505. Before her are Paul-Émile de Souza, Michel Deguy, Regīna Ezera, Heather Harper, Georg Stollenwerk, and Monique Mercure. After her are James Fifer, Dolores Huerta, Kenny Wheeler, Fatos Arapi, Petar Šegvić, and Allan Williams. Among people deceased in 1996, Alifa Rifaat ranks 296. Before her are Mavuba Mafuila, Jan Hertl, Laura La Plante, Yun Chi-young, Robert Lamoot, and Les Baxter. After her are Oswald Szemerényi, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Niní Marshall, Tokiharu Abe, Sarah Palfrey Cooke, and Mark Lenard.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Alifa Rifaat ranks 540 out of 642. Before her are Khadr El-Touni (1915), Pope John I of Alexandria (450), Maximos V Hakim (1908), Mohamed Ali Rashwan (1956), Mohamed M. Atalla (1924), and Mohamed Latif (1909). After her are Hany Ramzy (1969), Aisha Rateb (1928), Avi Cohen (1956), Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh (1951), Mamdouh Elssbiay (1984), and Penelope Lively (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Alifa Rifaat ranks 59. Before her are Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Bahaa Taher (1935), Magdi Allam (1952), and Karim Rashid (1960). After her are Penelope Lively (1933), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).

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