She was not afraid of speaking her mind and expressing unorthodox views on all fronts, even if this expression was going to cause her problems (she spent time in an Egyptian prison for expressing those views). Full of life and tireless throughout.Īs a Middle Eastern feminist, she was one of a kind. At some point, music started playing and she began singing and dancing, with more stamina and energy than women at least half her age. I met Saadawi in person first when she was already 80, at a friend’s place in Beirut. Her 1980 book The Hidden Face of Eve shone a spotlight on the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM). Dima Dabbous, Equality Now’s Regional Representative in the Middle East and North Africa, shared her thoughts on a truly phenomenal woman. Author of over 55 books, El Saadawi was a prominent feminist campaigner. On Sunday, Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi died at the age of 89.
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