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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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“First of all, all writing includes some part of the self. The relationship of the self and the other exists in writing, whether autobiographical or novel. There is a self and an other.”

Writing Firsts Self Novel

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“I never stopped writing. I started writing when I was twelve years of age. And I was writing all the time. But nothing was translated until thirty years after I started writing, when The Hidden Face of Eve was translated in 1980.”

Writing Years Age Faces Thirty Twelve Thirty Years

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“When I am in Egypt, I am phoned because I am listed in the medical directory under "Mental Health and Psychiatry." And of course, I see very few people, because I give much more time to writing. So I cannot say that I really stopped medicine, but I practice medicine - or psychiatry - in a very different way. In an artistic way!”

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“Memory is never complete. There are always parts of it that time has amputated. Writing is a way of retrieving them, of bringing the missing parts back to it, of making it more holistic.”

Way Writing Memories Missing Holistic

Book:A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi

Source: A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi

“When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated.”

Writing Husband

Book:The Nawal El Saadawi Reader

Source: The Nawal El Saadawi Reader

About the Author

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

The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab WorldRelated source material

Two Women in OneRelated source material

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