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Leila Ahmed

1940 - Today

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Leila Ahmed (Arabic: لیلى أحمد; born 29 May 1940) is an Egyptian-American scholar of women's studies and religion. In 1992 she published her book Women and Gender in Islam, which is regarded as a pioneering historical analysis of the position of women in Arab Muslim societies. She became the first professor of women's studies in religion at Harvard Divinity School in 1999, and has held the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity chair since 2003. She was later awarded the Victor S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leila Ahmed has received more than 197,893 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Leila Ahmed is the 1,180th most popular philosopher (down from 1,098th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 479th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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  • 200k

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  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Leila Ahmed ranks 1,180 out of 1,267. Before her are Max Black, Bernard Lonergan, Edward Abramowski, Michael Ruse, Buddhapālita, and Vicente Ferreira da Silva. After her are Hermann Lietz, Iris Marion Young, William Chittick, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Richard Price, and Judith Jarvis Thomson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Leila Ahmed ranks 434. Before her are James Brady, Henri Dès, Franco Bitossi, Michael Ruse, Jerry Lawson, and Jaak Lipso. After her are Karin Baal, Juozas Budraitis, Pilar Miró, Slaven Zambata, Donna Mills, and Donald Wuerl.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Leila Ahmed ranks 527 out of 642. Before her are Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Amr Waked (1973), Bahaa Taher (1935), Magdi Allam (1952), Zakaria Goneim (1905), and Pope Celadion of Alexandria (100). After her are Farid Simaika (1907), Mido (1983), Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh (1905), Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (1955), Pope Julian of Alexandria (200), and Karim Rashid (1960).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Leila Ahmed ranks 22. Before her are Syrianus (400), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), Hermias (401), Isidore of Alexandria (450), and Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100).

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