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, and that men were in control of both our worlds, the one on earth, and the one in heaven. That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another.
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…
- Nawal El Saadawi
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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…
If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy. - Nawal El Saadawi
If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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