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Ghada al-Samman

1942 - Today

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Ghadah Al-Samman (Arabic: غادة السمّان; born 1942) is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the University of Damascus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghada al-Samman has received more than 122,268 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ghada al-Samman is the 3,646th most popular writer (down from 3,555th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Syria (down from 126th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Syrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ghada al-Samman ranks 3,646 out of 7,302. Before her are Ivo Vojnović, Tibor Déry, Eiko Kadono, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Lillian Hellman, and Siegfried Sassoon. After her are John Ashbery, Felix Timmermans, Driss Chraïbi, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Samih al-Qasim, and Otfrid of Weissenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ghada al-Samman ranks 322. Before her are Sergio Ramírez, Willis Reed, Bo Johansson, Jon Finch, Al Jardine, and Eduard Markarov. After her are Shukri Ghanem, Irm Hermann, Toyohiro Akiyama, Bill Ivy, Erika Blanc, and Chantal Goya.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ghada al-Samman ranks 136 out of 210. Before her are Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), Bassel al-Assad (1962), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Alopen (600), and Muhammed Faris (1951). After her are Émile Eddé (1883), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), Buhturi (819), and Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Ghada al-Samman ranks 17. Before her are Cassius Longinus (213), Alciphron (200), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), John Moschus (550), Elia Abu Madi (1890), and Maryana Marrash (1848). After her are Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Francis Marrash (1837), Jacob of Edessa (633), Ameen Rihani (1876), and Wafa Sultan (1958).

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