# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raja-a-alem
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:06:59.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raja-a-alem"
name: "Raja'a Alem"
slug: "raja-a-alem"
description: "Raja'a Alem is a Saudi Arabian novelist from Mecca/Hejaz. She studied English Literature at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah in 1980. She began her writing career on the \"Letters and Ideas\" page in Al-Riyadh newspaper, as well as in the newspaper's weekly supplement. She is credited with documenting the Meccan/Hejazi environment in her novels. Her novels are distinguished by a symbolic Sufi/Gnostic narrative with broad cosmic visions. Some of her works have been translated into English and Spanish."
tagline: "Novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mohammed_Achaari_and_Rajaa_Alem%2C_joint_winners_of_the_2011_Arabic_Booker_Prize.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.7
  momentum:             15
  historical:           11.6162
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "رجاء عالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رجاء عالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Raja Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Alem"
    title: "Raja Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja'a_Alem"
    title: "Raja'a Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raya_Alem"
    title: "Raya Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Alem"
    title: "Raja Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%92'%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9D"
    title: "רג'אה עאלם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja'a_Alem"
    title: "Raja'a Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja'a_Alem"
    title: "Raja'a Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Alem"
    title: "Raja Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "رجا عالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump