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Asma Barlas

1950 - Today

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Asma Barlas (born 10 March 1950) is a Pakistani-American writer and academic. Her specialties include comparative and international politics, Islam and Qur'anic hermeneutics, and women's studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asma Barlas is the 6,281st most popular writer (up from 6,398th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 116th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Asma Barlas ranks 6,281 out of 7,302Before her are Margaret Oliphant, Ruskin Bond, Ian McDonald, Charles Eastman, Cressida Cowell, and David McKee. After her are Albrecht Behmel, Dorothy Richardson, Jack McDevitt, Georgi Vladimov, Anne-Marie Garat, and Vittorio Arrigoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Asma Barlas ranks 609Before her are Mario Osbén, Viktor Zvyahintsev, Anthimos Kapsis, George Fenton, P. J. Soles, and Bob Burns. After her are Valentyna Kozyr, Stefan Junge, Erkki Liikanen, Chris Claremont, Kamala, and Mark Mothersbaugh.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Asma Barlas ranks 121 out of 217Before her are Noor Jehan (1926), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Prem Chopra (1935), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), and Abdul Hamid (1927). After her are Fawad Khan (1981), Khusrau Mirza (1587), Rab Butler (1902), Surinder Kaur (1929), Kamini Kaushal (1927), and Mulk Raj Anand (1905).

Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Asma Barlas ranks 15Before her are Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Bulleh Shah (1680), Bhisham Sahni (1915), and Parveen Shakir (1952). After her are Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Hamid Mir (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), Mohsin Hamid (1971), and Nadeem Aslam (1966).