Nawal El Saadawi protesting at Tahrir Square, Egypt, 2011. Amel Pain/EPA-EFE April 1, 2021 An Egyptian woman who dared: the Nawal El Saadawi I knew Omnia Amin, Zayed University She believed that writing is an act of speaking the truth, an act of courage, that must serve the people and not those in power.
El Saadawi protesting on her 80th birthday. In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images March 31, 2021 Nawal El Saadawi’s intellectual life reflected eight decades of Arab society and culture Amal Amireh, George Mason University To understand her contribution to public debate, it’s important to see her in the context of the historical moment that made her work possible, necessary and provocative.
Nawal El Saadawi at home in 2015. David Degner/Getty Images March 25, 2021 Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt’s grand novelist, physician and global activist Adele Newson-Horst, Morgan State University A firebrand activist for women’s rights, her novels espoused truths that made her hugely unpopular with the government.