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Magdi Allam

1952 - Today

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Magdi Cristiano Allam (Arabic: مجدي علام Majdī ʿAllām; born 22 April 1952), is an Egyptian-Italian journalist and politician, noted for his criticism of Islam and his articles on the relations between Western culture and the Islamic world. Allam converted from Islam to Roman Catholicism during the Vatican's 2008 Easter vigil service presided over by Pope Benedict XVI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magdi Allam has received more than 136,619 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Magdi Allam is the 4,984th most popular writer (down from 4,630th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 439th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Magdi Allam ranks 4,984 out of 5,755. Before him are Antonio Gamoneda, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Bo Goldman, Ivan Dmitriev, Robert Charles Wilson, and Klabund. After him are Boris Lavrenyov, Nikolai Aseev, John Logan, J. Slauerhoff, Günther Jauch, and Dževad Karahasan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Magdi Allam ranks 388. Before him are Vaughan Jones, Tatsuhiko Seta, Henrique Mecking, Sarah Douglas, David Richards, and Sergei Sviatchenko. After him are Sylvie Kinigi, Alan Clark, Celia Imrie, Ricardo Villa, David Amess, and C. George Boeree.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Magdi Allam ranks 479 out of 582. Before him are H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Gamal Al-Ghandour (1957), Mohamed Zidan (1981), Ahmed al-Senussi (1933), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), and Mido (1983). After him are Mohamed Aboutrika (1978), Atef Sedky (1930), Leila Ahmed (1940), Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100), Mohamed Latif (1909), and Mahmoud Fayad (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Magdi Allam ranks 56. Before him are Penelope Delta (1874), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Mahmud Taymur (1894), Aisha Taymur (1840), Karim Rashid (1960), and Gamal El-Ghitani (1945). After him are Bahaa Taher (1935), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Penelope Lively (1933), Mona Eltahawy (1967), and Leila Aboulela (1964).

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