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Farag Foda

1946 - 1992

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Farag Foda (Arabic: فرج فودة [ˈfɑɾɑɡ ˈfoːdæ, ˈfuːdæ]; 20 August 1945 – 8 June 1992) was a prominent Egyptian professor, writer, columnist, and human rights activist. He was assassinated on 8 June 1992 by members of the Islamist group al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya after being accused of blasphemy by a committee of scholars (ulama) at al-Azhar University. Farag Foda was one of 202 people killed by "Islamist motivated assaults" in Egypt between March 1992 and September 1993. In December 1992, his collected works were banned. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Farag Foda is the 3,169th most popular writer (down from 2,845th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 385th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among writers, Farag Foda ranks 3,169 out of 7,302. Before him are Lev Kopelev, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Edwin Arnold, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, and Ronald Harwood. After him are Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Aemilius Macer, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Andre Norton, Robert Penn Warren, and Irena Veisaitė.

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Among people born in 1946, Farag Foda ranks 329. Before him are Wubbo Ockels, Doug Russell, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, László Polgár, Andrea Dworkin, and Jo Bonfrère. After him are Angéla Németh, Milena Canonero, Lesley Ann Warren, Alberto Colombo, Stuart Wilson, and Yacouba Sawadogo. Among people deceased in 1992, Farag Foda ranks 133. Before him are Emilio Recoba, Gustav Lombard, Joe Shuster, Josy Barthel, André Vandewyer, and Robert Morley. After him are Walter Andreas Schwarz, Ernst Schäfer, Dana Andrews, Borislav Pekić, Pumpuang Duangjan, and Juanito.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Farag Foda ranks 404 out of 642. Before him are Nabil Elaraby (1935), Gohar Gasparyan (1924), An-Nasir Hasan (1334), Ibrahim Mahlab (1949), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), and Pishoy (320). After him are Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250), Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968), Isidore of Alexandria (450), Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893), Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (1923), and Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Farag Foda ranks 34. Before him are Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), Salama Moussa (1887), Doria Shafik (1908), Dionysius Periegetes (100), and Malak Hifni Nasif (1886). After him are Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), Aisha Taymur (1840), Albert Cossery (1913), and Alaa Al Aswany (1957).

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