Absolute power Quote by Nawal El Saadawi

The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. Just because we got rid of the father of the nation…

— Shereen El Feki

The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world.

— Shereen El Feki

“Arabs are wealthy today because of their marriage system. They are not bothered by polygamy or the after-effects of divorce.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period.

— Andre Aciman

Polygamy is needed to prevent a man from taking up a lover, which can cause health issues and rifts in the family and would…

— Ramzan Kadyrov

“But the wider ramifications only begin there: Even Western men who accompany their Western wives to Egypt can find themselves fuming at the unwanted…

— John R. Bradley

Polygamy was not a problem in the '80s. I do not remember one single woman in Baghdad who was the second or third wife.…

— Yanar Mohammed

We are very, very far from recognising polygamy in our country, thank God.

— Marine Le Pen

“They had a saying: An Arab loves in the order of: his son, his camel, and his wife - but there were times when…

— Margaret Rome

“Koranic polygamy has also come to the United States. In November 2007, a Muslim woman sent a letter to Board of Directors of the…

— Robert Spencer

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way…

— Naguib Mahfouz

“So effective has their propaganda been that an American official was moved to describe the Brotherhood as “a loose network of secular groups.”27 This…

— John R. Bradley