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Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi

1855 - 1902

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'Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الكواكبي, romanized: ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Kawākibī‎, c. 1854-c.1902) was a Syrian author, a liberal thinker, and Pan-Arab solidarity supporter. He was one of the most prominent intellectuals of his time; however, his thoughts and writings continue to be relevant to the issues of Islamic identity and Pan-Arabism. His criticisms of the Ottoman Empire eventually led to Arabs calling for the sovereignty of the Arab Nations, setting the basis for Pan-Arab nationalism. Al-Kawakibi articulated his ideas in two influential books, The nature of tyranny and the struggle against slavery ( طبائع الإستبداد ومصارع الإستعباد) and Mother of All Villages (أم القرى). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi is the 3,744th most popular writer (down from 3,722nd in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Syria (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi ranks 3,744 out of 7,302Before him are Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Helen Churchill Candee, Elin Pelin, Robert W. Chambers, and Iwan Bloch. After him are Arator, Mercedes de Acosta, Teresa de Lauretis, Antonio Beccadelli, Maurice Paléologue, and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi ranks 65Before him are Eugène Boch, Nataliya Kobrynska, Princess Marie of Prussia, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Stevan Sremac, and Léon Teisserenc de Bort. After him are Tommaso Tittoni, Amandus Adamson, Arnold Mendelssohn, José Malhoa, Erik Werenskiold, and Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin. Among people deceased in 1902, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi ranks 52Before him are Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Gustave Trouvé, Walter Hauser, Eduard von Toll, Aisha Taymur, and Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau. After him are Salomon Jadassohn, Andrejs Pumpurs, Bret Harte, Gleb Uspensky, Saigō Jūdō, and John Wesley Powell.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi ranks 153 out of 210Before him are Hilarion Capucci (1922), Akram al-Hawrani (1912), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), Buhturi (819), Adel Safar (1953), and Malchus (450). After him are Jacob of Edessa (633), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), Philipp Stamma (1705), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Ibas of Edessa (400), and Émile Eddé (1883).

Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi ranks 18Before him are Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Alciphron (200), John Moschus (550), Maryana Marrash (1848), Ghada al-Samman (1942), and Buhturi (819). After him are Jacob of Edessa (633), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Rafik Schami (1946), Francis Marrash (1837), Ameen Rihani (1876), and Zakaria Tamer (1931).