Famous People with Name Alia

Alia Mamdouh            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Alia Mamdouh: an Iraqi father and Syrian mother who both came from Tikrit and Alia grew up in the capital Baghdad. She is an Iraqi novelist, author and journalist living in exile in Paris, France. She holds an Naguib Mahfouz Award in Arabic Literature.[1] She is most notably known for her book Naphtalene, as it was widely acclaimed and translated.In 1982, after completing her degree in psychology from the University of Mustansiriya, which at the time she was working as editor-in-chief of Al Rasid magazine and editor of al-Fikr al-mua’sir magazine, she decided to move and live in Beirut, then Palestine and London and finally settling in Paris where she currently resides.

Ramiz Alia            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Ramiz Alia: was the communist leader of Albania from 1985 to 1992, and President of the Republic of Albania from 1991 to 1992. He had been designated as successor by Enver Hoxha and took power after Hoxha died.Alia was born in 1925 and had joined the Albanian communi