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Maria Bashir

1970 - Today

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Maria Bashir is a prosecutor based in Afghanistan and the only woman to ever hold such a position in the country as of 2009. With more than fifteen years of experience with Afghan civil service - the Taliban, corrupt policemen, death threats, failed assassination attempts - she has seen them all. She was banned from working during the Taliban period, when she spent her time schooling girls illegally at her residence, when it was illegal for women to be seen unescorted by men on the streets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Bashir has received more than 29,739 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Bashir is the 125th most popular lawyer, the 149th most popular biography from Afghanistan and the most popular Afghan Lawyer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Maria Bashir ranks 125 out of 136. Before her are Olha Stefanishyna, William J. Brennan Jr., Marilyn Quayle, Tom C. Clark, Anita Hill, and Hazel R. O'Leary. After her are Maya Harris, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Dipak Misra, Nargiz Birk-Petersen, and Ebru Timtik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Maria Bashir ranks 733. Before her are Jiří Novotný, Oktay Urkal, Velko Yotov, WC, David Saint-Jacques, and Robert L. Behnken. After her are Michal Horňák, Marina Lobatch, Aryana Sayeed, Sabrina Lloyd, Miguel Ángel Benítez, and Anil Kumble.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Maria Bashir ranks 149 out of 177. Before her are Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), Malalai Kakar (1967), Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963), and Shukria Barakzai (1972). After her are Aryana Sayeed (1970), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Malalai Joya (1978), Zakia Zaki (1962), and Nadia Ghulam (1985).

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Among LAWYERS In Afghanistan

Among lawyers born in Afghanistan, Maria Bashir ranks 1. 

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