Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for falling so low, bind them in marriage and then chastise them with menial service for life, or insults, or blows.
Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies. - Nawal El Saadawi
Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.
- Nawal El Saadawi
To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth. - Nawal El Saadawi
To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.
Yet not for a single moment did I have any doubts about my own integrity and honour as a woman. I knew that my profession had been invented by men, a… - Nawal El Saadawi
Yet not for a single moment did I have any doubts about my own integrity and honour as a woman. I knew that my profession had been invented by men, a…
She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it. - Nawal El Saadawi
She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.
Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men. - Nawal El Saadawi
Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.
When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident. - Nawal El Saadawi
When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfic… - Nawal El Saadawi
To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfic…
Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies. - Nawal El Saadawi
Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.
When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy. - Nawal El Saadawi
When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
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