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Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi

Actor · born 22 October 1931 · 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"

Where to start: Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999).

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