Nawal El Saadawi

Woman at Point Zero

Novel of woman's radical act of self-assertion against patriarchal oppression

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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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