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Malalai Joya

1978 - Today

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Malalai Joya (Pashto: ملالۍ جویا) (born 25 April 1978) is an activist, writer, and a politician from Afghanistan. She served as a Parliamentarian in the National Assembly of Afghanistan from 2005 until early 2007, after being dismissed for publicly denouncing the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malalai Joya has received more than 539,371 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Malalai Joya is the 18,574th most popular politician (down from 16,513th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 105th most popular Afghan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malalai Joya ranks 18,574 out of 19,576Before her are Lyasan Utiasheva, Anja Karliczek, Maria Butina, Trajko Veljanovski, Mykhailo Fedorov, and Alessandro Mancini. After her are Andrea Sartoretti, Ivan Bartoš, Keith Ellison, Frédérique Vidal, Kaiane Aldorino, and Bárður á Steig Nielsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Malalai Joya ranks 610Before her are Chris Brown, Karla Avelar, Adalto, Tamina Snuka, Bernd Thijs, and Henrik Klingenberg. After her are Will Estes, Giorgi Latso, Igor Semshov, Chris Stapleton, Luke Kirby, and Joël Epalle.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya ranks 153 out of 177Before her are Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Maria Bashir (1970), Aryana Sayeed (1970), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), and Nadia Anjuman (1981). After her are Zakia Zaki (1962), Nadia Ghulam (1985), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Zohib Islam Amiri (1990), and Fawzia Koofi (1975).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya ranks 105Before her are Sitara Achakzai (1957), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Kakar (1967), Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Shukria Barakzai (1972), and Rohullah Nikpai (1987). After her are Fawzia Koofi (1975), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), Azra Jafari (1978), and Robina Muqimyar (1986).