WRITER

Bahaa Taher

1935 - 2022

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Bahaa Taher (Arabic: بهاء طاهر; 13 January 1935 – 27 October 2022), sometimes transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir, was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer who wrote in Arabic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bahaa Taher has received more than 41,769 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bahaa Taher is the 5,273rd most popular writer (down from 5,147th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 485th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sunset oasis
Love In Exile
Sunset Oasis
Egypt, fiction, Fiction, historical, Armed Forces
Love in exile
Exiles, Families, Journalists
Aunt Safiyya and the monastery
Fiction, general, New York Times reviewed
Khālatī Ṣafīyah wa-al-dayr
Love In Exile
Khālatī Ṣafīyah wa-al-dayr
Sunset Oasis
Egypt, fiction, Fiction, historical, Armed Forces
Love in exile
Exiles, Families, Journalists
Aunt Safiyya and the monastery
Fiction, general, New York Times reviewed
Qarīban min Bahāʼ Ṭāhir--
Interviews, Arab Authors, Intellectuals
Sunset Oasis
Egypt, fiction, Fiction, historical, Armed Forces
al- Ḥubb fī al-manfá
Arabic fiction
Love in exile
Exiles, Families, Journalists
Love In Exile
Aunt Safiyya and the monastery
Fiction, general, New York Times reviewed
Khālatī Ṣafīyah wa-al-dayr

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bahaa Taher ranks 5,273 out of 7,302Before him are Anna Świrszczyńska, Vladimir Makanin, Alexis, Chester Himes, Jamaica Kincaid, and Jørn Lier Horst. After him are Holly Black, Takashi Tezuka, Armand Lanoux, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, James Dashner, and Shrilal Shukla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bahaa Taher ranks 381Before him are David McKee, Moisés Solana, Bobby Timmons, Avtandil Koridze, Ingrid Noll, and Carol Kaye. After him are Kiki Kogelnik, Halina Poświatowska, Esther Phillips, Núria Espert, Margarita Nikolaeva, and Marco Coll. Among people deceased in 2022, Bahaa Taher ranks 403Before him are Lyubov Panchenko, Ajdar Ismailov, Robert Boutigny, Alain Krivine, Kjell Espmark, and Mišo Cebalo. After him are Evert Gunnarsson, Vira Vovk, Günter Lamprecht, Ken Starr, Stien Kaiser, and Carlos Blixen.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Bahaa Taher ranks 523 out of 642Before him are H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Hesham Qandil (1962), Mike Beuttler (1940), Mustafa Mansour (1914), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), and Amr Waked (1973). After him are Magdi Allam (1952), Zakaria Goneim (1905), Pope Celadion of Alexandria (100), Leila Ahmed (1940), Farid Simaika (1907), and Mido (1983).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Bahaa Taher ranks 56Before him are Andrée Chedid (1920), Penelope Delta (1874), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), and Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892). After him are Magdi Allam (1952), Karim Rashid (1960), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Penelope Lively (1933), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).