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Doria Shafik

1908 - 1975

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Doria Shafik (Arabic: درية شفيق‎; 14 December 1908 – 20 September 1975) was an Egyptian feminist, poet and editor, and one of the principal leaders of the women's liberation movement in Egypt in the mid-1940s. As a direct result of her efforts, Egyptian women were granted the right to vote by the Egyptian constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Doria Shafik is the 2,808th most popular writer (up from 3,460th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 436th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Doria Shafik ranks 2,808 out of 7,302. Before her are José Donoso, Tony Robbins, Bekir Çoban-zade, Na Hye-sok, S. N. Goenka, and Mary Mapes Dodge. After her are Vilhelm Moberg, Mastoureh Ardalan, Dritëro Agolli, Bernardo Atxaga, Elio Vittorini, and Koriun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Doria Shafik ranks 152. Before her are Lupe Vélez, Bruno Lüdke, Carl Laemmle Jr., Son Ngoc Thanh, Jack Crawford, and Fritz Fischer. After her are Elio Vittorini, Sam Giancana, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, John Tuzo Wilson, and Nicholas Kaldor. Among people deceased in 1975, Doria Shafik ranks 105. Before her are Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Sven Rydell, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Jacques Duclos, Jan Mukařovský, and W. V. D. Hodge. After her are Georg Ots, Sam Giancana, Morgan Taylor, Tim Buckley, William Hartnell, and K. Kamaraj.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Doria Shafik ranks 378 out of 642. Before her are Nikare (-2200), Hazem El Beblawi (1936), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), Salama Moussa (1887), Tiberius Julius Alexander (100), and Maximus I of Constantinople (350). After her are Essam Sharaf (1952), Julius Pollux (200), Nebetah (-1350), W. D. Hamilton (1936), Anatolius of Laodicea (201), and Dionysius Periegetes (100).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Doria Shafik ranks 31. Before her are Edmond Jabès (1912), Zosimos of Panopolis (250), Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898), Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), and Salama Moussa (1887). After her are Dionysius Periegetes (100), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Farag Foda (1946), Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), and C. S. Forester (1899).

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