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Abdellah Taïa, a Common card
Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1999.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Abdellah Taïa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Abdellah Taïa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has published nine novels, many of them heavily ______.
Answer
autobiographical. He has published nine novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. From the Abdellah Taïa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since ____.
Answer
1990s. Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1999. From the Abdellah Taïa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Salvator Rosa. Salvator Rosa 24,000 · Abdellah Taïa 13,000 · Mesto 8,600 · Badiucao 5,900 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He has published nine novels, many of them heavily autobiographical.
- His books have been translated into Arabic and many European languages.
- Described by Interview Magazine as a "literary transgressor and cultural paragon," Taïa claimed to be the first openly gay Arab writer in 2006, and, as of 2014, he claims to be the only openly homosexual Moroccan writer or filmmaker.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abdellah Taïa article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abdellah Taïa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Håkan Lindquist, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
