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Naji al-Ali

1937 - 1987

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Naji Salim Hussain Al-Ali (Arabic: ناجي سليم العلي Nājī Salīm al-‘Alī; born c. 1938 – 29 August 1987) was a Palestinian political cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of the Arab regimes and Israel in his works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naji al-Ali has received more than 357,081 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Naji al-Ali is the 541st most popular painter (up from 869th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Israel (up from 182nd in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Naji al-Ali ranks 541 out of 2,023. Before him are Jan Toorop, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Hishikawa Moronobu, Dirck van Baburen, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and Parrhasius. After him are Jost Amman, Anton von Werner, Guido of Siena, Charles Gleyre, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, and Willem Kalf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Naji al-Ali ranks 86. Before him are Rafael Moneo, Jerry Reed, Seymour Hersh, Roberta Flack, Richard Møller Nielsen, and Manuel Pinto da Costa. After him are Yoshirō Mori, Maryse Condé, Cornelius A. Smith, Rifaat al-Assad, Franz Vranitzky, and Boris Pugo. Among people deceased in 1987, Naji al-Ali ranks 44. Before him are Luis Federico Leloir, Peter Tosh, Erskine Caldwell, Américo Tomás, Peter Medawar, and Mahadevi Varma. After him are Henry Ford II, William Stuart-Houston, Anthony de Mello, Kishore Kumar, Bob Fosse, and Rouben Mamoulian.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Naji al-Ali ranks 141 out of 466. Before him are Antiochus of Ascalon (-130), Arieh Warshel (1940), Simeon of Jerusalem (100), Wadie Haddad (1927), Assi Dayan (1945), and Menahem Golan (1929). After him are A. B. Yehoshua (1936), Khalil al-Wazir (1935), Sextus Julius Africanus (160), Uzi Narkiss (1925), Valerius Gratus (-50), and Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907).

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Among PAINTERS In Israel

Among painters born in Israel, Naji al-Ali ranks 1. After him are Moshe Castel (1909).

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