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Farag Foda

1946 - 1992

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Farag Foda Arabic: فرج فودة [ˈfɑɾɑɡ ˈfoːdæ, ˈfuːdæ]; 20 August 1945 – 8 June 1992) was a prominent Egyptian professor, writer, columnist, and human rights activist.He was assassinated on 8 June 1992 by members of the Islamist group al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya after being accused of blasphemy by a committee of scholars (ulama) at al-Azhar University.Farag Foda was one of 202 people killed by "Islamist motivated assaults" in Egypt between March 1992 and September 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farag Foda has received more than 162,156 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Farag Foda is the 3,622nd most popular writer (up from 3,795th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 410th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 49.74

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

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  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Farag Foda ranks 3,622 out of 5,755Before him are Zofia Nałkowska, Connie Willis, Mary Sidney, Unsuri, Pierre Jean Jouve, and Maurice Scève. After him are Alberto Hurtado, Kerstin Ekman, Jules Barbier, Radclyffe Hall, Shushanik Kurghinian, and Louise Weiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Farag Foda ranks 323Before him are Leszek Miller, Jan Decleir, Michel Delpech, Steve Kanaly, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, and Dragutin Šurbek. After him are Vladimir Solovyov, Antonio Fargas, Colin Bell, Lesley Ann Warren, Andrew Davis, and Sonthi Boonyaratglin. Among people deceased in 1992, Farag Foda ranks 138Before him are Richard Yates, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Nie Rongzhen, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Gerard K. O'Neill. After him are Jean Aerts, Musa Anter, Robert Berdella, Arthur Cronquist, Freddie Bartholomew, and Mihailo Lalić.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Farag Foda ranks 415 out of 582Before him are Nabil Elaraby (1935), Lajin (1300), Senebkay (-1700), Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah (1149), Mariamne (-100), and Atom Egoyan (1960). After him are Safiya Zaghloul (1876), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), and Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1884).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Farag Foda ranks 42Before him are Salama Moussa (1887), Eutychius of Alexandria (877), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Georges Schehadé (1905), Doria Shafik (1908), and Ammonius of Alexandria (300). After him are Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Apion (-30), Yusuf Idris (1927), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), and Sotion (-250).