"What we require is not a formal return……" — Nawal El Saadawi
"What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present and pave the way to a better future. For example, if we delve more deeply into ancient Egyptian and African civilisations we will discover the humanistic elements that were prevalent in many areas of life. Women enjoyed a high status and rights, which they later lost when class patriarchal society became the prevalent social system."
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52 Quotes by Nawal El Saadawi
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.
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My skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite is deadly.
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You poor, deluded woman...do you believe there is any such thing as love?...You're living an illusion. Do you believe the…
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Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives.…
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Here the oppression of women is very subtle. If we take female circumcision, the excision of the clitoris, it is…
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Many people come here and they think my apartment is a poor relative to my name. But you cannot be…
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. People feel they…
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Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy…
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Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.
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Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more…
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
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