SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Shireen Abu Akleh

1971 - 2022

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Shireen Abu Akleh (Arabic: شيرين أبو عاقلة, romanized: Šīrīn Abū ʿĀqila; April 3, 1971 – May 11, 2022) was a prominent Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera, before she was killed by Israeli forces while wearing a blue press vest and covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Abu Akleh was one of the most prominent names across the Middle East for her decades of reporting in the Palestinian territories, and seen as a role model for many Arab and Palestinian women. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shireen Abu Akleh has received more than 1,203,191 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Shireen Abu Akleh is the 414th most popular social activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Shireen Abu Akleh ranks 414 out of 840. Before her are Louise Bryant, Yagan, Muthulakshmi Reddy, Miroslav Tyrš, Mary Harris Jones, and Mahmoud Taleghani. After her are Mary Edwards Walker, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Mary Dyer, Samantha Smith, Giuseppe Pinelli, and Josephine Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Shireen Abu Akleh ranks 109. Before her are João Pinto, Michael C. Hall, Lior Raz, Peter Sarsgaard, Howard Webb, and Gary Barlow. After her are Sergi Bruguera, Luke Wilson, Matthew Vaughn, Nicola Rizzoli, Stella McCartney, and Heike Makatsch. Among people deceased in 2022, Shireen Abu Akleh ranks 269. Before her are Yvette Mimieux, Nehemiah Persoff, Arne Åhman, Ivan Dziuba, Máté Fenyvesi, and Henk Groot. After her are Eugene Parker, Javier Lozano Barragán, Alevtina Kolchina, Gerben Karstens, Eva-Maria Hagen, and Bill Nieder.

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