WRITER

Mona Eltahawy

1967 - Today

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Mona Eltahawy (Arabic: منى الطحاوى, IPA: [ˈmonæ (ʔe)t.tˤɑˈħɑːwi]; born August 1, 1967) is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and social commentator based in New York City. She has written essays and op-eds for publications worldwide on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including women's rights, patriarchy, and Muslim political and social affairs. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the Miami Herald among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mona Eltahawy has received more than 333,148 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mona Eltahawy is the 6,942nd most popular writer (down from 5,998th in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Egypt (down from 516th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 330k

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  • 44.69

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mona Eltahawy ranks 6,942 out of 7,302Before her are Jeff VanderMeer, Ayu Utami, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ruth Park, Sara Shepard, and Samanta Schweblin. After her are Ram Swarup, Carl Hiaasen, Charles Frazier, Josh Schwartz, Fatima Meer, and Bethany Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Mona Eltahawy ranks 675Before her are Dragoje Leković, Alfred Gough, Ramona Portwich, Kurt Elling, Cécile Nowak, and Matthew J. Holman. After her are Robert S. Kimbrough, Anita Moen, Martin Švagerko, Jarkko Oikarinen, Nadezhda Talanova, and Roland Schimmelpfennig.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mona Eltahawy ranks 591 out of 642Before her are Asmaa Mahfouz (1985), Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (1974), Gehad Grisha (1976), Ismail Youssef (1964), Ruby (1981), and Mohamed Aly (1975). After her are Mohamed Nagy (1984), Emad Moteab (1983), Omar Marmoush (1999), Sherif Ekramy (1983), Tarek Hamed (1988), and Abdallah El Said (1985).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Mona Eltahawy ranks 62Before her are Bahaa Taher (1935), Magdi Allam (1952), Karim Rashid (1960), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Penelope Lively (1933), and Leila Aboulela (1964).