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Waris Dirie

1965 - Today

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Waris Dirie (Somali: Waris Diiriye) (born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM). From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against female genital mutilation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Waris Dirie has received more than 1,278,233 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Waris Dirie is the 1,108th most popular writer (down from 867th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Somalia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Somali Writer.

Waris Dirie is most famous for her memoir, Desert Flower, which tells the story of her life as a nomadic child and the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Waris Dirie ranks 1,108 out of 5,755. Before her are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Martin Andersen Nexø, Alcman, Zenodotus, Lao She, and Harry Harrison. After her are Virginia Henderson, Dionysius Thrax, B. H. Liddell Hart, Ephraim Kishon, Michael Connelly, and Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Waris Dirie ranks 25. Before her are Dragan Stojković, Rodney King, Laurent Blanc, José Luis Chilavert, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, and Shamil Basayev. After her are Ben Stiller, Viola Davis, Hans-Dieter Flick, Fumihito, Prince Akishino, Slash, and Diane Lane.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Waris Dirie ranks 3 out of 50. Before her are Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934) and Siad Barre (1919). After her are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Muse Bihi Abdi (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Somalia

Among writers born in Somalia, Waris Dirie ranks 1. After her are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856) and Nuruddin Farah (1945).

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