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 328,901 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mona Eltahawy is the 6,940th most popular writer (down from 5,998th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 516th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Headscarves and Hymens
Women, arab countries, Women, social conditions, Sex discrimination against women
2015
Baskaldiran Beden
2020
Myriam Boulos
Photojournalism, Travel photography, Portrait photography
2023
El himen y el hiyab
2019
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
Sociology, Feminism, Women's rights
2019
Headscarves and Hymens
Women, arab countries, Women, social conditions, Sex discrimination against women
2015

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mona Eltahawy ranks 6,940 out of 7,302. Before 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 674. Before 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 590 out of 642. Before 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).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

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

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