# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kamel-riahi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:38.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kamel-riahi"
name: "Kamel Riahi"
slug: "kamel-riahi"
description: "Kamel Riahi or Kamal Riahi, born 1974 in Manafikh, Tunisia), is a Tunisian writer. He teaches in Algeria. Excerpts from two of his novels have been translated into English: The Scalpel and Gorilla. Riahi has been translated into English, French, Italian and Hebrew. He was one of the 39 Arab writers under 40 years who were selected for the anthology Beirut39."
tagline: "Tunisian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kamel_Riahi_in_city_of_culture_in_Tunis_%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1974-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.004968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kamelriahi"
    handle:    "kamelriahi"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KamelRiahiNovelist"
    handle:    "KamelRiahiNovelist"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A"
    title: "كمال الرياحي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamel_Riahi"
    title: "Kamel Riahi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamel_Riahi"
    title: "Kamel Riahi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamel_Riahi"
    title: "Kamel Riahi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamel_Riahi"
    title: "Kamel Riahi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4118804"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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