WRITER

Tariq Ali

1943 - Today

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Tariq Ali (Urdu: طارق علی; ; born 21 October 1943) is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tariq Ali has received more than 1,234,612 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Tariq Ali is the 2,984th most popular writer (up from 3,694th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 56th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Can Pakistan Survive?
Politics and government, History
1983
The Nehrus and the Gandhis
Biography, Prime ministers, History
1985
Street Fighting Years
Modern History
1987
Trotsky for beginners
Communists, History, 1879-1940
1980
Revolution from Above
Politics and government
1988
The Stalinist Legacy
1984

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tariq Ali ranks 2,984 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Baxter, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Unsuri, Bret Easton Ellis, Laura Bridgman, and David Foster Wallace. After him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Auguste Barbier, Miklós Radnóti, Wilfred Owen, Jim Rohn, and Juan Ruiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tariq Ali ranks 263. Before him are Hilton Valentine, Roberto Rosato, Jean Zerbo, Michael Ondaatje, Cornelia Froboess, and Tuesday Weld. After him are Gilbert & George, Jimmy Snuka, Roberto Micheletti, Jim Croce, Negasso Gidada, and Laura Biagiotti.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Tariq Ali ranks 49 out of 217. Before him are Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), Lokaksema (147), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), and Raja Dahir (663). After him are Taxiles (-400), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), I. K. Gujral (1919), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Sunil Dutt (1929), and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Tariq Ali ranks 8. Before him are Vasubandhu (400), Khushal Khattak (1613), Amrita Pritam (1919), Bulleh Shah (1680), Rahman Baba (1632), and Krishna Sobti (1925). After him are Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), and Khushwant Singh (1915).

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