SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Zakia Zaki

1962 - 2007

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Zakia Zaki (c. 1972 – June 4, 2007) was an Afghan journalist for the Afghan Radio Peace (Sada-i-Sulh) station north of Kabul, Afghanistan. She had been given threats on account of her work and was killed at her home outside of Kabul in April 2007. Zaki was the first Afghani journalist to speak out against the Taliban after the US forces initiated the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), while she also championed other causes like gender equality and women's rights in Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Zakia Zaki is the 713th most popular social activist (up from 742nd in 2024), the 148th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 154th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Afghan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Zakia Zaki ranks 713 out of 840. Before her are Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Pauli Murray, Susana Trimarco, Yoani Sánchez, Judith Heumann, and Grace Abbott. After her are Gloria Allred, Munir Said Thalib, Derek Chauvin, Anthony Dod Mantle, Crystal Eastman, and Faiza Jama Mohamed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Zakia Zaki ranks 736. Before her are Durs Grünbein, Sophie Moressée-Pichot, Kris Peeters, Valeri Broshin, Marcello Bartalini, and Sergei Zalyotin. After her are Hisao Egawa, Michael Jace, Georgeta Gabor, Abdi Bile, Brian Holm, and Joe Mantello. Among people deceased in 2007, Zakia Zaki ranks 408. Before her are Boots Randolph, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Willye White, Tony Wilson, Craig L. Thomas, and Sherri Martel. After her are Ralph Beard, Natasja Saad, Janet Blair, Murat Nasyrov, John Inman, and Laurie Bartram.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Zakia Zaki ranks 148 out of 177. Before her are Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Nadia Nadim (1988), Malalai Kakar (1967), Zablon Simintov (1960), Maria Bashir (1970), and Abdul Hakim Haqqani (1967). After her are Nadia Anjuman (1981), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), Leena Alam (1978), Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), and Rohullah Nikpai (1987).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Zakia Zaki ranks 4. Before her are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), and Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956). After her are Suraya Pakzad (null), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Bibi Aisha (1991), Jamila Afghani (1976), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Aziza Siddiqui (1983), Faiza Darkhani (null), and Shukria Asil (2000).

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