You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Ever since I was a child I used to hear my father say: ‘If the price we pay for freedom is high,… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
The slogan of the revolution was dignity, social justice, and freedom. You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Badreya whispered in her ear, “The price of freedom is high, Bodour, and there is no writing without freedom. Break your chains,… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Interviewer: What would you say to a woman in this country who assumes she is no longer oppressed, who believes women's liberation… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Writing: such has been my crime ever since I was a small child. To this day writing remains my crime. Now, although… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
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… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
I had to educate myself about female circumcision, about the clitoris, about sexology. We studied gynecology only. Pregnancy, maternal care, etc. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy,… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
“Now i had learnt that honor required large sums of money to protect it, but that large sums of money could not be obtained… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
“Badreya whispered in her ear, “The price of freedom is high, Bodour, and there is no writing without freedom. Break your chains, Bodour, break… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
Thus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of Egypt]. We… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share
