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Samih al-Qasim

1939 - 2014

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Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy (Arabic: سميح القاسم; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם; 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samih al-Qasim has received more than 88,540 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Samih al-Qasim is the 3,652nd most popular writer (up from 4,416th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Jordan (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jordanian Writer.

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  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samih al-Qasim ranks 3,652 out of 7,302. Before him are Siegfried Sassoon, Ghada al-Samman, John Ashbery, Felix Timmermans, Driss Chraïbi, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. After him are Otfrid of Weissenburg, Farrukhi Sistani, Ilya Ilf, Johan Herman Wessel, Firaq Gorakhpuri, and Guillaume Musso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Samih al-Qasim ranks 276. Before him are Valery Voronin, Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, James Galway, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, A. R. Penck, and Zenon Grocholewski. After him are Giorgio Ferrini, Claudette Colvin, Robert Waseige, Peter Revson, Khin Nyunt, and Oʻtkir Sultonov. Among people deceased in 2014, Samih al-Qasim ranks 198. Before him are Josep Maria Subirachs, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Andréa Parisy, Tom Finney, Richard Dürr, and Joel Camargo. After him are Stanisław Mikulski, Louise Brough, György Lázár, Alice Coachman, Charlie Haden, and Rafael Addiego Bruno.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Samih al-Qasim ranks 21 out of 59. Before him are Meleager of Gadara (-130), Nayef Hawatmeh (1938), Simon bar Giora (100), Jair (-1000), Zaid ibn Shaker (1934), and Fouad Twal (1940). After him are Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947), Abdullah Ensour (1939), Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), Haya bint Hussein (1974), and Mudar Badran (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Jordan

Among writers born in Jordan, Samih al-Qasim ranks 3. Before him are Menippus (-290), and Meleager of Gadara (-130). After him are Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), and Nahed Hattar (1960).

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