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Saif al-Adel

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Mohamed Salah al-Din al-Halim Zaidan (Arabic: محمد صلاح الدين الحليم زيدان; born April 11, 1960 or 1963), commonly known by his nom de guerre Saif al-Adel (Arabic: سيف العدل, lit. 'sword of justice'), is a former Egyptian Army officer and explosives expert who is the de facto leader of al-Qaeda. Al-Adel fought the Soviets as an Afghan Arab before becoming a founding member of the al-Qaeda organization. He is a member of Al-Qaeda's Majlis al-Shura and has headed the organization's military committee since the death of Muhammad Atef in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saif al-Adel has received more than 1,224,809 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Saif al-Adel is the 163rd most popular extremist, the 388th most popular biography from Egypt and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Extremist.

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  • 53.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Saif al-Adel ranks 163 out of 283. Before him are Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Jerry Brudos, Louis Farrakhan, Luciano Moggi, Robert Ford, and Jan-Carl Raspe. After him are Golden State Killer, Machine Gun Kelly, Mary Bell, Ibn al-Khattab, Eugène Terre'Blanche, and Baby Face Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Saif al-Adel ranks 124. Before him are Damon Wayans, Benigno Aquino III, Greta Scacchi, Tony Goldwyn, Temuera Morrison, and Jane Lynch. After him are Elena Mukhina, Carlos Mozer, Thomas Haden Church, Pia Sundhage, Didier Burkhalter, and Tony Robbins.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Saif al-Adel ranks 388 out of 642. Before him are Autobiography of Harkhuf (-2300), Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (1923), Nebetah (-1350), Farag Foda (1946), Kamal Ganzouri (1933), and Mostafa El-Nahas (1879). After him are Salama Moussa (1887), Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Antigone Costanda (1934), Al-Zafir (1133), Pishoy (320), and Antonios Naguib (1935).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Egypt

Among extremists born in Egypt, Saif al-Adel ranks 3. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951), and Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938). After him are Mohamed Atta (1968), and Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968).

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