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Alaa Al Aswany

1957 - Today

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Alaa Al Aswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني, romanized: ʿAlāʾ al-Aswānī, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ elɑsˈwɑːni]; born 26 May 1957) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, dentist and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya. He is based in Paris and New York where lives and teaches creative writing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alaa Al Aswany is the 3,663rd most popular writer (up from 4,043rd in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Egypt (up from 461st in 2019) and the 40th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 3,663 out of 7,302. Before him are Carmen Laforet, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Katherine Anne Porter, Etgar Keret, Julius Obsequens, and Jean Rotrou. After him are Alexandru Macedonski, Lisa Tetzner, Ram Prasad Bismil, Yan Lianke, Nikolay Ogarev, and David Foster Wallace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 184. Before him are Ruy Ramos, Brad Bird, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Masae Suzuki, Isa Gambar, and Tan Dun. After him are Yasuhiro Yamashita, Rustam Minnikhanov, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Andreï Makine, Masaru Uchiyama, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 431 out of 642. Before him are Guy Béart (1930), Aisha Taymur (1840), Albert Cossery (1913), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Zainab al Ghazali (1917), and Mostafa El-Nahas (1879). After him are Sobekemsaf I (-1650), Lajin (1300), Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380), Ibrahim Moustafa (1904), Michel Pablo (1911), and Inji Aflatoun (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany ranks 40. Before him are Farag Foda (1946), Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), Aisha Taymur (1840), and Albert Cossery (1913). After him are André Aciman (1951), Georges Schehadé (1905), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Bat Ye'or (1933), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), and Yusuf Idris (1927).

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