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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Malalai Joya is the 18,332nd most popular politician (up from 18,571st in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malalai Joya ranks 18,332 out of 19,576. Before her are Luigi Di Maio, Lívia Járóka, Wilhelm Molterer, Howard Cooke, Andrea Bargnani, and Salvador Laurel. After her are Corina Crețu, Fredis Refunjol, Mustapha Adib, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Veronika Skvortsova, and Abdelhakim Belhaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Malalai Joya ranks 510. Before her are Charlie Weber, Egoi Martínez, Pierre Deladonchamps, Filip Daems, Frédéric Leclercq, and Ian Anthony Dale. After her are Tomokazu Myojin, Juba, Thiago Lacerda, Tyler Labine, Caroline Dhavernas, and Otar Tushishvili.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya ranks 149 out of 177. Before her are Malalai Kakar (1967), Zablon Simintov (1960), Maria Bashir (1970), 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), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), and Robina Muqimyar (1986).

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