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Nawal El Saadawi is an Egyptian writer, physician, and feminist. Her works widely address themes such as women's status, gender equality, and social justice. Born on October 27, 1931, her works have had a profound impact in the Arab world and globally.

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“We never know the reality of things: we see only what we are aware of. It is our consciousness that determines the shape of the world around us -- its size, motion and meaning.”

Knows World Reality Consciousness Shapes Size Determine

Book:Two Women in One

Source: Two Women in One

“The medical profession [in Egypt] is also very commercial. Health is not given to the poor. You know, if you have money, you have medical care; if you do not, then you are in trouble. I was not ready at all to build my economic security on the diseases of people, on suffering, especially of women and children. So, in a way, I rebelled against it.”

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“All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.”

Knows Men Hands Faces Desire Filled Lifts Single Man Smashing

Author:Nawal El Saadawi

“Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. People feel they know me and the minute they talk about my life or books I feel at home. Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved – not where you are put in prison.”

People Knows World Feels Has Beens Book Home Language Creative Minutes Safe Prison Where You Are Protected Know Me Appreciated Home Home

Author:Nawal El Saadawi

“There is a proverb that says, ‘Talk so that I may know who you are.’ But I say, ‘Show me your eyes and I will know who you are.”

Knows May Shows Eye Who You Are Show Me

Book:Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi

Source: Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi

“You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.”

Knows Looks Creative Doctors Medical Creative Writers Medical Doctor

Author:Nawal El Saadawi

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Born: October 27, 1931
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 108

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Woman at Point ZeroRelated source material

Woman at Point Zero: Second EditionRelated source material

موت معالي الوزير سابقاًRelated source material

The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, Second EditionRelated source material

The Nawal El Saadawi ReaderRelated source material

In CameraRelated source material

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El SaadawiRelated source material

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El SaadawiRelated source material

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