Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawiis an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation in her society. She has been described as "the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World"...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth27 October 1931
CountryEgypt
Nawal El Saadawi quotes about
life-and-death desire desire-to-live
I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.
homeland
We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.