Nawal El Saadawi
Egyptian feminist novelist and physician whose Woman at Point Zero and other works exposed the oppression of Arab women with furious courage. She was imprisoned, faced death threats, and continued writing and speaking until her death.
Works
- Woman at Point ZeroNovel of woman's radical act of self-assertion against patriarchal oppression
- God Dies by the NilePolitical novel about sexual power and resistance in rural Egypt
- The Hidden Face of EveFeminist analysis of female genital mutilation, sexuality, and Arab culture
- Memoirs from the Women's PrisonMemoir documenting torture and feminist resistance during Egyptian imprisonment