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“Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so suddenly and with a force that is impossible to control.”

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Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al Aswany is an acclaimed Egyptian writer whose works often address social and political issues in Egypt. Born on May 26, 1957, he has emerged as a leading figure in modern Arabic literature. more

“Here the oppression of women is very subtle. If we take female circumcision, the excision of the clitoris, it is done physically in Egypt. But here it is done psychologically and by education. So even if women have the clitoris, the clitoris was banned; it was removed by Freudian theory and by the mainstream culture.”

Ifs Done Culture Theory Female Oppression Subtle Mainstream Egypt Banned Circumcision Mainstream Culture

Author:Nawal El Saadawi

“Many people come here and they think my apartment is a poor relative to my name. But you cannot be radical and have money, it’s impossible.”

People Thinking Names Poor Impossible Radical Relative Apartment

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

“Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only when the people - women, men, young people, children - have the ability to change the system of industrial capitalism that has oppressed them since the earliest days of slavery: a system based on class division, patriarchy, and military might, a hierarchical system that subjugates people merely because they are born poor, or female, or dark-skinned.”

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