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Nawal El Saadawi has been censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppression imposed on women by gender and class. This Egyptian activist’s story shows how she moulded her own creative power into a weapon, and from an early age her use of words became an act of rebellion agains…
A Daughter of Isis
the autobiography of nawal el saadawi
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294 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2000
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Summary
Nawal el Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by sex and class. For her, writing and action have been inseparable and this is reflected in some of the most evocative and disturbing novels ever written by or about Arab women. Born in a small Egyptian village in 1931, Nawal el Saadawi went on to train as a medical doctor. With the publication of Women and Sex in 1969 and other activist writings she has courted dan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781875559923 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1875559922 |
| Author: | El Saadawi Nawal |
| Publisher: | Spinifex Press |
| Imprint: | Spinifex Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 294 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2000 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 14mm |
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