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The algerian writer Ahlem Mosteghanemi, ranked Arab third most popular writer
[Aps 14/3/11]
The Algerian writer Ahlam Mosteghanemi has been ranked by internet users, Arab third most popular writer after the Egyptians, Nobel Peace Prize 1988 Naguib Mahfouz and journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal.
According to a recent poll by Yahoo Maktoub Research, Ahlam Mosteghanemi was designated before the Sudanese Tayeb Salih, the Palestinian-American Edward Said (who died), Egyptian Alaa Al Aswany, the Egyptian author Nawal Sa'adawi, Saudi Abdul Rahman Munif, Egyptian Youssef Zidan and finally the Lebanese Amin Maalouf.
Algerian novelist is the first Arab contemporary writer to sell hundreds of thousands of books and stay ahead of bestsellers for years in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia and UAE.