Nawal El Saadawi

18/09/2026

Sensible feminist movements do not attack men, but rather the patriarchal system that oppresses men as well.

09/09/2026

07/09/2026

Forty-five years ago, I was arrested along with many Egyptian intellectuals because we opposed Sadat’s dictatorial policies. In prison, I wrote my memoirs, Memoirs from the Women’s Prison, using an eyebrow pencil on toilet paper. The book was later translated into many languages.

To everyone who hated injustice unto death, loved freedom unto imprisonment, and rejected lies unto revolution.
And to everyone who raised their voices in protest and anger when they broke down my door with armed force and took me to prison on September 7, 1981—to all those women, men, young people, and children… inside Egypt and beyond its borders…
— Nawal El Saadawi
Cairo, 1982

03/09/2026

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26/08/2026

If I don’t tell the truth, I don’t deserve to be called a writer.

22/08/2026

"نقطة الضعف التي يرتكز عليها الرجل في محاولته السيطرة على المرأة .. حمايتها من الرجال .. غيرة الذكر على أنثاه .. يدعي أنه يخاف عليها وهو يخاف على نفسه .. يدعي أنه يحميها ليستحوذ عليها ويغلق عليها أربعة جدرانه" –نوال السعداوي

18/08/2026

Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.

16/08/2026

Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'