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Ghada al-Samman

1942 - Today

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Ghadah Al-Samman (Arabic: غادة السمّان; born 1942) is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the University of Damascus. She is distantly related to poet Nizar Qabbani, and was deeply influenced by him after her mother died at a very young age. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghada al-Samman is the 3,359th most popular writer (up from 3,646th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Syria (down from 136th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ghada al-Samman ranks 3,359 out of 7,302. Before her are James Rollins, Lucius Varius Rufus, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Yulian Semyonov, and Ford Madox Ford. After her are Pierre Benoit, R. J. Palacio, E. Nesbit, Denis Davydov, Jean Effel, and Giosafat Barbaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ghada al-Samman ranks 290. Before her are David J. Griffiths, Vera Alentova, Jackie Oliver, Derek Parfit, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and Hannes Löhr. After her are Beverly Aadland, Dee Dee Warwick, Lyudmila Zhivkova, Alan Price, Meredith Monk, and Claude Miller.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ghada al-Samman ranks 145 out of 210. Before her are Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Aram Tigran (1934), Alopen (600), Salim Idris (1957), and Muhammad Zaidan (1948). After her are Jean Carzou (1907), Hilarion Capucci (1922), Akram al-Hawrani (1912), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), Buhturi (819), and Adel Safar (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Ghada al-Samman ranks 16. Before her are Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Alciphron (200), John Moschus (550), and Maryana Marrash (1848). After her are Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Rafik Schami (1946), and Francis Marrash (1837).

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