WRITER

Raif Badawi

1984 - Today

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Raif bin Muhammad Badawi (Arabic: رائف بن محمد بدوي, also transcribed Raef bin Mohammed Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals. Badawi was arrested in 2012 on a charge of "insulting Islam through electronic channels" and brought to court on several charges, including apostasy. In 2013, he was convicted on several charges and sentenced to seven years in prison, and 600 lashes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raif Badawi has received more than 1,081,596 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Raif Badawi is the 6,388th most popular writer (down from 5,733rd in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 170th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

1000 latigazos
2015
1000 Lashes
Liberalism, Saudi arabia, social conditions, Imprisonment
2015
1000 Peitschenhiebe
2015
1000 coups de fouet
Blogs, Arab Authors, Biography
2015
1000 latigazos
2015

Page views of Raif Badawis by language

Over the past year Raif Badawi has had the most page views in the with 62,418 views, followed by German (14,648), and Arabic (14,033). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tagalog (90.14%), Catalan (81.09%), and Zazaki (70.27%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Raif Badawi ranks 6,388 out of 7,302. Before him are Waleed Al-Husseini, Raúl Rivero, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Steve Sem-Sandberg, Linda Woolverton, and Graciano Rocchigiani. After him are Alfred Austin, Sonja Åkesson, Oles Buzina, Marit Paulsen, Anne-Marie Garat, and George Peele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Raif Badawi ranks 185. Before him are Birce Akalay, Han Geng, Aslı Enver, István Kovács, Paula Fernandes, and Aljona Savchenko. After him are Austin Stowell, Robert Huth, Bárbara Lennie, Passenger, Ariane Labed, and Matey Kaziyski.

Others Born in 1984

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Raif Badawi ranks 227 out of 354. Before him are Haifaa al-Mansour (1974), Yousuf Al-Thunayan (1963), Hamza bin Laden (1989), Manal al-Sharif (1979), Elly Akira (1986), and Reema bint Bandar Al Saud (1975). After him are Khalil Al Ghamdi (1970), Ali Al-Bulaihi (1989), Omar Abdulrahman (1991), Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992), Abdullah Al-Mayouf (1987), and Fahad Al-Bishi (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Raif Badawi ranks 10. Before him are Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Al-Khansa (575), Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700), Al-A'sha (570), and Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644). After him are Rajaa al-Sanea (1981), and Hiba Abu Nada (1991).

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