WRITER

Rafik Schami

1946 - Today

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Rafik Schami (Arabic: رفيق شامي) (born Suheil Fadel (سهيل فاضل) 23 June 1946) is a Syrian-German author, storyteller and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafik Schami has received more than 108,628 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Rafik Schami is the 4,208th most popular writer (down from 3,979th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Syria (down from 136th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Syrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rafik Schami ranks 4,208 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicolas Bouvier, Juhan Smuul, Hélène Berr, Isidore Isou, Daniela Hodrová, and Masuji Ibuse. After him are Walter Map, Ma Duanlin, Mary Seacole, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Léon Damas, and Catherine Millet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Rafik Schami ranks 426. Before him are Don Schollander, Goyo Benito, Yacouba Sawadogo, Vladimir Solovyov, Sue Townsend, and Daniela Hodrová. After him are Zsuzsa Koncz, Karina, Mart Siimann, Caterina Caselli, Ron Silver, and José Guilherme Baldocchi.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Rafik Schami ranks 152 out of 210. Before him are Akram al-Hawrani (1912), Abu Shama (1203), Jacob of Edessa (633), Ameen Rihani (1876), George Sabra (1947), and Wafa Sultan (1958). After him are Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (920), Khalid al-Azm (1903), Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (1952), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), and Nazik al-Abid (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Rafik Schami ranks 24. Before him are Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Francis Marrash (1837), Jacob of Edessa (633), Ameen Rihani (1876), and Wafa Sultan (1958). After him are Zakaria Tamer (1931), Samar Yazbek (1970), and Dima Khatib (1971).

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