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Gamal El-Ghitani

1945 - 2015

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Gamal al-Ghitani (Arabic: جمال الغيطانى, IPA: [ɡæˈmæːl el ɣeˈtˤɑːni]; 9 May 1945 – 18 October 2015) was an Egyptian author of historical and political novels and cultural and political commentaries and was the editor-in-chief of the literary periodical Akhbar Al-Adab ("Cultural News") till 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gamal El-Ghitani is the 5,334th most popular writer (down from 4,537th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 485th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 5,334 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter F. Hamilton, Juris Alunāns, Platon Oyunsky, Thomas Love Peacock, Richard D. Ryder, and Mikhail Shishkin. After him are Edward Rutherfurd, Takashi Tezuka, Carol J. Adams, Ernest Dowson, Ariel Durant, and Alan Ayckbourn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 488. Before him are Mladen Ramljak, Hirofumi Nakasone, Tony Duvert, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Carl Anderson, and Frederica von Stade. After him are Luciano Castellini, Marjorie Noël, Caroline Cellier, Zlatko Tomčić, Bill Paterson, and Eugenio Lazzarini. Among people deceased in 2015, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 361. Before him are Ivan Davidov, Vittore Gottardi, Kenji Goto, Kayahan, Richard Meade, and Dominique Dropsy. After him are Gottfried Diener, Jayakanthan, Bülent Ulusu, Mary Ellen Mark, Scott Weiland, and Surya Bahadur Thapa.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 524 out of 642. Before him are Hesham Qandil (1962), Gamal Mubarak (1963), Ahmed Hassan (1975), Iah (-2200), Khadr El-Touni (1915), and Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria (100). After him are Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha (1888), Zakaria Goneim (1905), Ibrahim Shams (1917), Mohamed Zidan (1981), Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (1935), and Avi Cohen (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Gamal El-Ghitani ranks 56. Before him are Sotion (-250), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Magdi Allam (1952), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), and Mahmud Taymur (1894). After him are Bahaa Taher (1935), Penelope Lively (1933), Karim Rashid (1960), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).

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