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Waleed al-Shehri

1978 - 2001

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Waleed Mohammed al-Shehri (Arabic: وليد الشهري, romanized: Walīd ash-Shehrī'; December 20 1978 – September 11 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was involved in the September 11 attacks against the United States in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Waleed al-Shehri has received more than 578,225 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Waleed al-Shehri is the 268th most popular extremist (down from 223rd in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 190th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Extremist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 268 out of 283Before him are Moses Sithole, Satam al-Suqami, Mohammed Bijeh, Khader Adnan, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Amy Fisher. After him are Hakimullah Mehsud, Colin Pitchfork, Beverley Allitt, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Atefeh Sahaaleh, and Ajmal Kasab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 618Before him are Giorgi Latso, Igor Semshov, Chris Stapleton, Luke Kirby, Joël Epalle, and Samat Smakov. After him are Shawn Crawford, Tim McIlrath, Lázaro Ramos, Kathleen Rubins, Rakhi Sawant, and Tzipi Hotovely. Among people deceased in 2001, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 365Before him are Stuart Adamson, Serhiy Perkhun, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Rosemary DeCamp, and Richard Chelimo. After him are Darshan Ranganathan, Charlotte Coleman, Toby Wing, David Rocastle, Patricia Robertson, and Stephen Malcolm.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 270 out of 354Before him are Nasser Al-Shamrani (1983), Hamad Al-Montashari (1982), Ahmed Dokhi (1976), Abdullah Al-Waked (1975), Sultan Al-Ghannam (1994), and Hamzah Idris (1972). After him are Ahmed Jamil (1970), Khaled Al-Eid (1969), Mohammed Al-Breik (1992), Abdullah Otayf (1992), Fahad Al-Muwallad (1994), and Fahad Al-Ghesheyan (1973).

Among EXTREMISTS In Saudi Arabia

Among extremists born in Saudi Arabia, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 8Before him are Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Abu Mohammad al-Julani (1981), Hamza bin Laden (1989), Wail al-Shehri (1973), Satam al-Suqami (1976), and Hamza al-Ghamdi (1980).