WRITER

Fatema Mernissi

1940 - 2015

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Fatema Mernissi (Arabic: فاطمة مرنيسي, romanized: Fāṭima Marnīsī; 27 September 1940 – 30 November 2015) was a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatema Mernissi has received more than 264,149 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Fatema Mernissi is the 884th most popular writer (up from 913th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Writer.

Fatema Mernissi is a Moroccan feminist and sociologist who is most famous for her book "Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society."

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fatema Mernissi ranks 884 out of 7,302. Before her are Viktor Shklovsky, Ghassan Kanafani, Dashiell Hammett, Luis Sepúlveda, Joseph Campbell, and Theodoret. After her are Marko Marulić, Jorge Semprún, Marilyn vos Savant, Cormac McCarthy, Julien Green, and Silius Italicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fatema Mernissi ranks 68. Before her are George A. Romero, James Cromwell, Joachim Frank, Astrud Gilberto, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, and Jacques Rancière. After her are Dennis Tito, John Gotti, Bruce Chatwin, Raul Julia, Brian Josephson, and Roberto Cavalli. Among people deceased in 2015, Fatema Mernissi ranks 49. Before her are Colleen McCullough, James Last, Faten Hamama, Frei Otto, René Girard, and James Horner. After her are Yves Chauvin, Benedict Anderson, Mathieu Kérékou, Michele Ferrero, Richard F. Heck, and Assia Djebar.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Fatema Mernissi ranks 15 out of 264. Before her are Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Nathalie Delon (1941), Alain Badiou (1937), Serge Haroche (1944), Michel Galabru (1922), and Ibn Tumart (1097). After her are Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), Yusef of Morocco (1882), Ahmad al-Mansur (1549), Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138), Zeno of Verona (300), and Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Fatema Mernissi ranks 1. After her are Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944), Daniel Pennac (1944), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981).

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