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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 Islam. 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 183,002 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leila Ahmed is the 1,098th most popular philosopher (down from 1,047th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 449th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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  • 180k

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  • 45.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Leila Ahmed ranks 1,098 out of 1,081. Before her are Alister McGrath, Paul Kurtz, John Gray, Albert Razin, W. D. Ross, and Michael Ruse. After her are William Chittick, James Burnham, Ralph Cudworth, Pritilata Waddedar, Walter Burley, and William Alston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Leila Ahmed ranks 403. Before her are Albert Razin, Pauline Collins, Héctor Silva, Vicente Miera, Michael Herr, and Michael Ruse. After her are Jack Thompson, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Joe South, Joe Torre, Werner Krämer, and Richard Attwood.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Leila Ahmed ranks 482 out of 582. Before her are Ahmed al-Senussi (1933), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), Mido (1983), Magdi Allam (1952), Mohamed Aboutrika (1978), and Atef Sedky (1930). After her are Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100), Mohamed Latif (1909), Mahmoud Fayad (1925), Farid Simaika (1907), Gamal Mubarak (1963), and Bahaa Taher (1935).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

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

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