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Latifa al-Zayyat

1923 - 1996

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Latifa al-Zayyat (Arabic: لطيفة الزيات) (8 August 1923 – 10 September 1996) was an Egyptian activist and writer, most famous for her novel The Open Door, which won the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Latifa al-Zayyat has received more than 95,488 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Latifa al-Zayyat is the 5,353rd most popular writer, the 499th most popular biography from Egypt and the 59th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Latifa al-Zayyat ranks 5,353 out of 5,755. Before her are Nicholas Evans, John Berryman, Lars Ahlin, Scott Turow, Jack McDevitt, and Olivier Rolin. After her are Claudio Williman, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Swami Rama, William Blum, and David Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Latifa al-Zayyat ranks 365. Before her are John Pulman, Leonid Shamkovich, Vladimir Tendryakov, Boris Sagal, Paavo Lonkila, and Inge Keller. After her are The Fabulous Moolah, Avram Davidson, Alice Ghostley, Robert Sabatier, Rose Marie, and Ivano Blason. Among people deceased in 1996, Latifa al-Zayyat ranks 254. Before her are Célestin Delmer, Anna Chandy, Yahya Ayyash, Tokiharu Abe, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, and Mark Lenard. After her are Swami Rama, Audrey Munson, George Kojac, Raymond Salles, Garrett Birkhoff, and Tommy Lawton.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Latifa al-Zayyat ranks 499 out of 582. Before her are Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (1955), Pope Peter II of Alexandria (null), Mike Beuttler (1940), Pope Primus of Alexandria (100), Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh (1905), and Pope Eumenes of Alexandria (100). After her are Maximos V Hakim (1908), Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (1935), Hesham Qandil (1962), Avi Cohen (1956), Hany Ramzy (1969), and Pope Markianos of Alexandria (100).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Latifa al-Zayyat ranks 59. Before her are Aisha Taymur (1840), Karim Rashid (1960), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), Magdi Allam (1952), Bahaa Taher (1935), and Alifa Rifaat (1930). After her are Penelope Lively (1933), Mona Eltahawy (1967), and Leila Aboulela (1964).

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