Walking Through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, in Her Own Words by Saadawi, Nawal El

Walking Through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, in Her Own Words (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781786993106)

Author: Nawal El Saadawi
Product Type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Walking Through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, in Her Own Words by Saadawi, Nawal El

Walking Through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, in Her Own Words

$15.95
Walking Through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, in Her Own Words by Saadawi, Nawal El

Walking Through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, in Her Own Words

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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'Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives. They may hurt, give us pain, but they can also provoke us to question what we have accepted for thousands of years.'

Nawal El Saadawi is one of the greatest writers to come out of the Arab world. Born in a small Egyptian village in 1931, her life and writings have shown an extraordinary strength of character and a unique ability to create new worlds in the fight against oppression. Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppression imposed on women by gender and class. Still, she continues to write.

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women. Walking through Fire takes up the story of her extraordinary life. We read about her as a rural doctor, trying to help a young girl escape from a terrible fate imposed on her by a brutal male tyranny. We learn about her activism for female empowerment and the authorities that try to obstruct her. We travel with her into exile after her name is put on a fundamentalist death list. We witness her three marriages, each offering in their way love, companionship and shared struggle. And we gain an unprecedented insight into this most wonderful of creative minds.

Author: Nawal El Saadawi
ISBN-10: 1786993104
ISBN-13: 9781786993106
Publisher: Zed Books
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2018
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
By Nawal El Saadawi
By Nawal El Saadawi
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Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women's rights both within Egypt and abroad. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Automa de M騙ico. Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North-South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. They are taught in universities across the world.
Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women's rights both within Egypt and abroad. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Automa de M騙ico. Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North-South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. They are taught in universities across the world.

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