# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karim-fakhrawi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:44:48.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karim-fakhrawi"
name: "Karim Fakhrawi"
slug: "karim-fakhrawi"
description: "Karim Fakhrawi, also known as Abdulkarim Ali Ahmed Fakhrawi, was a Bahraini publisher who was the co-founder of Al-Wasat, considered one of the more popular newspapers in Bahrain by winning numerous awards. He died while in custody due to severe torture, according to the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. He was the second professional media worker to be killed during the Bahraini uprising, and one of three journalists killed in total."
tagline: "Bahraini publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdulkarim_Ali_Ahmed_Fakhrawi_body_with_torture_marks_6.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1962"
deathDate: "2011-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.23
  momentum:             18.99193548387097
  historical:           5.479158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Fakhrawi"
    title: "Karim Fakhrawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "كريم فخراوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "كريم فخراوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Фахрави, Карим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "کریم فخراوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D5%96%D5%A1%D5%AD%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB"
    title: "Քարիմ Ֆախրավի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6370583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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