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Leila Ahmed

1940 - Today

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Leila Ahmed (Arabic: لیلى أحمد; born 29 May 1940) is an Egyptian-American scholar of women's studies and religion. In 1992 she published her book Women and Gender in Islam, which is regarded as a pioneering historical analysis of the position of women in Arab Muslim societies. She became the first professor of women's studies in religion at Harvard Divinity School in 1999, and has held the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity chair since 2003. She was later awarded the Victor S. Thomas Research Professor of Divinity in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leila Ahmed is the 1,146th most popular philosopher (up from 1,180th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 527th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Leila Ahmed ranks 1,146 out of 1,267. Before her are Thomas van Erpe, Harry Frankfurt, Ernest Belfort Bax, Geydar Dzhemal, Abram Deborin, and Lucien Sève. After her are Amos Bronson Alcott, Phan Thanh Giản, Ion Dragoumis, Walter Burley, Max Bense, and Eudorus of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Leila Ahmed ranks 384. Before her are Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Yossi Sarid, Norman Spinrad, Issake Dabore, and Mukhu Aliyev. After her are Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Eugen Drewermann, John Esposito, Fausto Bertinotti, Franco Bitossi, and Silva Batuta.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Leila Ahmed ranks 502 out of 642. Before her are Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Kamal Hassan Ali (1921), Alex Proyas (1963), Ahmose-Sitamun (-1600), Jonathan Williams (1942), and Roland Moreno (1945). After her are Mahmoud El-Gohary (1938), Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (1955), Ali Sabri (1920), Mahmoud Fayad (1925), Naima Akef (1929), and Magdi Allam (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Leila Ahmed ranks 22. Before her are Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Julius Pollux (200), Isidore of Alexandria (450), and Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100).

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