Israel Quotes by Nawal El Saadawi

8 Israel quotes by Nawal El Saadawi

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Nawal El Saadawi’s eight statements on Israel combine feminist critique with cultural observation. Though brief, the collection delivers her sharp analytical edge, giving readers a concise entry into her complex perspective.

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The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single…

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There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now…

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I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians…

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There is not a revolution that succe Saudi Arabia paid $7 billion for the Salafists to come, and the United States and…

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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

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I've lived in Egypt among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and…

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There is not a revolution that succeeded in a few months. It takes years, even decades, to fulfill its goals. I am…

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“Inciting women to rebel against the divine laws of Islam.’ This became the accusation that was leveled against me whenever I wrote…

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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…

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We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.

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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should…

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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

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Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.

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I had to educate myself about female circumcision, about the clitoris, about sexology. We studied gynecology only. Pregnancy, maternal care, etc.

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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy,…

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If you are creative, you must be dissident.

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“Now i had learnt that honor required large sums of money to protect it, but that large sums of money could not be obtained…

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“Badreya whispered in her ear, “The price of freedom is high, Bodour, and there is no writing without freedom. Break your chains, Bodour, break…

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Thus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas…

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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

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Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of Egypt]. We…

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Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also…

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