Nawal El Saadawi

Memoirs from the Women's Prison

Memoir documenting torture and feminist resistance during Egyptian imprisonment

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Nawal El Saadawi
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.

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