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Malalai Joya

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Malalai Joya (Pashto: ملالۍ جویا) (born 25 April 1978) is an activist, writer, and a politician from Afghanistan. She served as a Parliamentarian in the National Assembly of Afghanistan from 2005 until early 2007, after being dismissed for publicly denouncing the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan Parliament. She was an outspoken critic of the Karzai administration and its western supporters, particularly the United States. Her suspension in May 2007 generated protest internationally and appeals for her reinstatement were signed by high-profile writers, intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky, and politicians including members of parliament from Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Malalai Joya is the 18,435th most popular politician (up from 18,539th in 2024), the 151st most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among people born in 1978, Malalai Joya ranks 524. Before her are Egoi Martínez, Pierre Deladonchamps, Filip Daems, Frédéric Leclercq, Death of Carlo Giuliani, and Ian Anthony Dale. After her are Tomokazu Myojin, Juba, Thiago Lacerda, Tomoya Nagase, Tyler Labine, and Caroline Dhavernas.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya ranks 151 out of 177. Before her are Zablon Simintov (1960), Maria Bashir (1970), Abdul Hakim Haqqani (1967), Zakia Zaki (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), and Nasrin Oryakhil (1964). After her are Leena Alam (1978), Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963), and Azra Jafari (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya ranks 104. Before her are Dadullah (1966), Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Malalai Kakar (1967), and Nasrin Oryakhil (1964). After her are Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Azra Jafari (1978), Fatima Aziz (null), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), and Obaidullah Akhund (null).

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