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Gamal El-Ghitani

1945 - 2015

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Gamal al-Ghitani (Arabic: جمال الغيطانى, IPA: [ɡæˈmæːl el ɣeˈtˤɑːni]; 9 May 1945 – 18 October 2015) was an Egyptian author of historical and political novels and cultural and political commentaries and was the editor-in-chief of the literary periodical Akhbar Al-Adab ("Cultural News") till 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gamal El-Ghitani has received more than 33,200 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gamal El-Ghitani is the 4,874th most popular writer (down from 4,302nd in 2019), the 477th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 428th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 33k

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  • 45.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 4,874 out of 5,755. Before him are José Manuel Caballero, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Rita Mae Brown, Adolf Born, José Burgos, and John Green. After him are Johan Henric Kellgren, Gardner Fox, Nataliya Kobrynska, John Braine, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Vladimir Dudintsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 394. Before him are Iccho Itoh, Pakalitha Mosisili, Rainer Brüderle, Martin Shaw, Gloria Jones, and Loni Anderson. After him are Ulla Pia, Anna Enquist, Arthur Lee, Patty McCormack, Kent Karlsson, and Robin Trower. Among people deceased in 2015, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 308. Before him are Jean Vautrin, Joseph Engelberger, Candida Royalle, Nina Companeez, Mary Ellen Trainor, and Scott Weiland. After him are Boris Morukov, Jacques Parizeau, Driss Bamous, Antonio Betancort, William Wakefield Baum, and Yossi Sarid.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 477 out of 582. Before him are Pope Timothy I of Alexandria (350), Roland Moreno (1945), H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Gamal Al-Ghandour (1957), Mohamed Zidan (1981), and Ahmed al-Senussi (1933). After him are Mido (1983), Magdi Allam (1952), Mohamed Aboutrika (1978), Atef Sedky (1930), Leila Ahmed (1940), and Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 55. Before him are Andrée Chedid (1920), Penelope Delta (1874), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Mahmud Taymur (1894), Aisha Taymur (1840), and Karim Rashid (1960). After him are Magdi Allam (1952), Bahaa Taher (1935), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Penelope Lively (1933), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).

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