Nawal El Saadawi
October 22, 1931 (92 years old) in Kafr Tahlah, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt
Nawal Elsaadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in Islam, focusing on the practice of female genital mutilation in her society. She was described as "the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World", and as "Egypt's most radical woman"
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- 1999 · Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West as Herself
- 1985 · La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85 as Self
- 1982 · Why was Cairo Calm as