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Alifa Rifaat

1930 - 1996

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Fatimah Rifaat (June 5, 1930 – January 1996), better known by her pen name Alifa Rifaat (Arabic: أليفة رفعت), was an Egyptian author whose controversial short stories are renowned for their depictions of the dynamics of female sexuality, relationships, and loss in rural Egyptian culture. While taking on such controversial subjects, Fatimah Rifaat's protagonists remained religiously faithful with passive feelings towards their fate. Her stories did not attempt to undermine the patriarchal system; rather they were used to depict the problems inherent in a patriarchal society when men do not adhere to their religious teachings that advocate for the kind treatment of women. Fatimah Rifaat used the pseudonym Alifa to prevent embarrassment on the part of her family due to the themes of her stories and her writing career. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alifa Rifaat is the 4,740th most popular writer (up from 5,783rd in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 541st in 2019) and the 51st most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alifa Rifaat ranks 4,740 out of 7,302. Before her are Fyodor Abramov, Thomas Ligotti, Henri Béraud, Juan Montalvo, Źmitrok Biadula, and Alexander Tairov. After her are Dun Karm Psaila, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Ladislav Fuks, Vladimir Dudintsev, Vitaly Bianki, and David Belasco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Alifa Rifaat ranks 405. Before her are Tony Madigan, Shel Silverstein, Jiří Skobla, Vera T. Sós, Alphonse Alley, and Aureliano Bolognesi. After her are Anatoli Maslyonkin, John Polkinghorne, Ivan Kolev, Harrison Young, Allan Bloom, and Tony Trabert. Among people deceased in 1996, Alifa Rifaat ranks 224. Before her are Edvin Wide, Pasqualino De Santis, Roger Lapébie, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Wálter Guevara, and Audrey Munson. After her are Karol Jokl, Adelaide Lambert, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, V. N. Janaki, Wolfgang Koeppen, and Morton Gould.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Alifa Rifaat ranks 493 out of 642. Before her are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Al-Hakim II (null), Pope Eumenes of Alexandria (100), Sotion (-250), Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838), and Georges Guétary (1915). After her are Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910), Pope Justus of Alexandria (100), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Kamal Hassan Ali (1921), Alex Proyas (1963), and Ahmose-Sitamun (-1600).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Alifa Rifaat ranks 51. Before her are Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Yusuf Idris (1927), Abbās al-Aqqād (1889), Penelope Delta (1874), Andrée Chedid (1920), and Sotion (-250). After her are Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Magdi Allam (1952), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), and Bahaa Taher (1935).

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