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Yasmina Khadra

1955 - Today

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Mohammed Moulessehoul (Arabic: محمد مولسهول; born 10 January 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra (Arabic: ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world, he has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasmina Khadra has received more than 240,493 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasmina Khadra is the 3,160th most popular writer (down from 2,903rd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 80th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Algerian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sirènes de Bagdad
Fiction
2007
L'Automne des chimères
1998
A quoi rêvent les loups
Fiction, Assassins, Islamic fundamentalism
1999
Double blanc
1997
The Attack
Literature, Fiction, Physicians
Dr. Amin Jaafari, an Arab-Israeli citizen, is a surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. Dedicated to his work, respected and admired by his colleagues and community, he represents integration at its most successful. He has learned to live with the violence and chaos that plague his city, and on the night of a deadly bombing in a local restaurant, he works tirelessly to help the shocked and shattered patients brought to the emergency room. But this night of turmoil and death takes a horrifyingly personal turn. His wife's body is found among the dead, with massive injuries, the police coldly announce, typical of those found on the bodies of fundamentalist suicide bombers. As evidence mounts that his wife, Sihem, was responsible for the catastrophic bombing, Dr. Jaafari is torn between cherished memories of their years together and the inescapable realization that the beautiful, intelligent, thoroughly modern woman he loved had a life far removed from the comfortable, assimilated existence they shared. From the graphic, beautifully rendered description of the bombing that opens the novel to the searing conclusion, The Attack portrays the reality of terrorism and its incalculable spiritual costs. Intense and humane, devoid of political bias, hatred, and polemics, it probes deep inside the Muslim world and gives readers a profound understanding of what seems impossible to understand.
2005
Morituri
Missing persons, Police, Fiction
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yasmina Khadra ranks 3,160 out of 7,302. Before him are Janosch, Buddhadasa, Jacob Israël de Haan, Bronisława Wajs, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, and Jan Gruter. After him are Henry Kuttner, Uwe Johnson, Edgar Hilsenrath, Suryakant Tripathi, Eutychius of Alexandria, and Yakov Perelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Yasmina Khadra ranks 171. Before him are Thomas Newman, Timothy Garton Ash, Herbert Prohaska, William Forsythe, Steve Berry, and Thierry Breton. After him are Kate Mulgrew, Philippe Streiff, Paul Greengrass, Alan Sokal, Alberto Iglesias, and Mike Porcaro.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Yasmina Khadra ranks 94 out of 213. Before him are Optatus (400), Rabah Saâdane (1946), Abderrahmane Farès (1911), Idir (1949), Abdelaziz Djerad (1954), and Fernand Bouisson (1874). After him are Alain Chabat (1958), Alain Mimoun (1921), Alexandre Villaplane (1905), Pierre Blanchar (1892), Quintus Lollius Urbicus (150), and Djamel Zidane (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Yasmina Khadra ranks 15. Before him are Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Al-Busiri (1213), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), and Mouloud Mammeri (1917). After him are Boualem Sansal (1949), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Jean Amrouche (1906), Tahar Djaout (1954), and Jules Roy (1907).

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