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Jamal Khashoggi

1958 - 2018

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Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi (13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for Middle East Eye and The Washington Post, and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Khashoggi served as editor for the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, turning it into a platform for Saudi progressives. Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. He said that the Saudi government had "banned him from Twitter", and he later wrote newspaper articles critical of the Saudi government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jamal Khashoggi is the 839th most popular writer (down from 801st in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and author who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 839 out of 7,302. Before him are Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, L. Ron Hubbard, Miroslav Krleža, Antonio Machado, and Stesichorus. After him are William McMaster Murdoch, Luis Sepúlveda, Daniel Goleman, Ibycus, Franz Grillparzer, and Jin Yong.

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Among people born in 1958, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 31. Before him are Kevin Bacon, Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, Yoav Galant, Keith Haring, John Mahama, and Boris Tadić. After him are Mark Milley, Alar Karis, Wong Kar-wai, Kais Saied, Michael Flynn, and Hugo Sánchez. Among people deceased in 2018, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 51. Before him are Arto Paasilinna, V. S. Naipaul, Leon M. Lederman, Charles K. Kao, Bernard Lewis, and Paul Allen. After him are Jin Yong, Gudrun Burwitz, Robert Venturi, R. Lee Ermey, Shoko Asahara, and Osamu Shimomura.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 104 out of 354. Before him are Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Usama ibn Zayd (615), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622), Al-Wathiq (812), and Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721). After him are Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Adnan Khashoggi (1935), Mohammad bin Salman (1985), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Empress Jitō (645), and Sa'id bin Zayd (593).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 1. After him are Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Imru' al-Qais (501), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Al-Khansa (575), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), Al-A'sha (570), Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700), Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644), Raif Badawi (1984), Hiba Abu Nada (1991), and Rajaa al-Sanea (1981).

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