# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-ahmad-bakathir
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:58:24.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-ahmad-bakathir"
name: "Ali Ahmad Bakathir"
slug: "ali-ahmad-bakathir"
description: "Ali bin Ahmad bin Mohammed Bakathir was an Egyptian poet, playwright and novelist of Hadrami origin, who is Indonesian-born. He was a prominent playwright, his best-known play was Epic of Omar. He also wrote historical novels, the most famous being Oh Islam! and The Red Revolutionary. He is also a translator, for he translated Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Bakathir was awarded many medals, including the State Prize of Appreciation, shared equally with Naguib Mahfouz."
tagline: "Indonesian-born Yemeni poet and dramatist (1910-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ali_Ahmad_Bakathir_c._1950s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-12-21"
deathDate: "1969-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.760045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3193218"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "علي أحمد باكثير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "على احمد باكثير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ahmad_Bakathir"
    title: "Ali Ahmad Bakathir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ahmad_Bakathir"
    title: "Ali Ahmad Bakathir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AB%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "علی احمد باکثیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ahmad_Bakathir"
    title: "Ali Ahmad Bakathir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Бакасир, Али Ахмед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D1%80_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Бакасір Алі Ахмед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12227833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump