SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Mukhtar Mai

1972 - Today

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Mukhtaran Bibi (Urdu: مختاراں بی بی; born c. 1972), now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī, is a Pakistani human rights activist from the village of Meerwala, located in the rural tehsil of Jatoi in the Muzaffargarh District of Punjab, Pakistan. In June 2002, Mā'ī was the victim of a gang-rape sanctioned by a tribal council of the local Mastoi Baloch clan, as a form of 'honour revenge'; the council ruling was a result of a dispute between the wealthier Mastoi Baloch and Mā'ī's Tatla clan. Although local custom would expect her to commit suicide after being raped, Mā'ī spoke up and pursued a case against her rapists, which was picked up by both domestic and international media. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mukhtar Mai has received more than 416,581 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mukhtar Mai is the 757th most popular social activist (down from 631st in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 157th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mukhtar Mai ranks 757 out of 840. Before her are Zainab Salbi, Lamiya Haji Bashar, Alicia Garza, Leydy Pech, Farhad Fatkullin, and Manasi Pradhan. After her are Sonita Alizadeh, Sarah Hegazi, Aqeela Asifi, Frances Haugen, Nathan Law, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Mukhtar Mai ranks 914. Before her are Davor Ivo Stier, Marcos Aurélio Galeano, Alain Gomis, Craig Thomson, Valdeci Basílio da Silva, and Jean-Luc Brassard. After her are Yang Yong-eun, Jeremy London, Reza Shahroudi, Maxsandro Barbosa de Oliveira, Vidar Riseth, and Christian Mayer.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai ranks 171 out of 217. Before her are Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), Hina Jilani (1953), Rubin Okotie (1987), Wasim Akram (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), and Prithipal Singh (1932). After her are Chris Anderson (1957), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978), Iman Vellani (2002), Shahid Afridi (1980), Ajmal Kasab (1987), and Mohsin Hamid (1971).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Pakistan

Among social activists born in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai ranks 7. Before her are Bhagat Singh (1907), Guru Ram Das (1534), Bacha Khan (1890), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Asma Jahangir (1952), and Iqbal Masih (1983). After her are Jalila Haider (1988).

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