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Yasmina Khadra

1955 - Today

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Mohammed Moulessehoul (Arabic: محمد مولسهول; born 10 January 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra (Arabic: ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world, he has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. In his several writings on the Algerian war, he has exposed the regime and the fundamentalist opposition as the joint guilty parties in the country's tragedy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasmina Khadra is the 3,003rd most popular writer (up from 3,160th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 94th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yasmina Khadra ranks 3,003 out of 7,302. Before him are Grigol Abashidze, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Terentianus, Hans Aanrud, Fazil Iskander, and Octave Feuillet. After him are Zabel Yesayan, Nahum Goldmann, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, José de Alencar, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, and Diphilus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Yasmina Khadra ranks 173. Before him are Alberto Tarantini, Edwin Moses, Judy Davis, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Thomas Newman, and Tomas Arana. After him are Sándor Puhl, Takayoshi Yamano, Wayne Knight, Herbert Prohaska, Billy Blanks, and Katsuyuki Kawachi.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Yasmina Khadra ranks 87 out of 213. Before him are Messali Hadj (1898), Albert Soboul (1914), Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Françoise Fabian (1933), and Quintus Lollius Urbicus (150). After him are Abderrahmane Farès (1911), Fernand Bouisson (1874), Thelma Schoonmaker (1940), Alain Chabat (1958), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), and Alexandre Villaplane (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Yasmina Khadra ranks 14. Before him are Boualem Sansal (1949), Kateb Yacine (1929), Al-Busiri (1213), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Mohammed Dib (1920), and Mouloud Feraoun (1913). After him are Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), Mouloud Mammeri (1917), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Tahar Djaout (1954), Jean Amrouche (1906), and Jules Roy (1907).

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