![]() ![]() Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. 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. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Library JournalNawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women’s rights both within Egypt and abroad. San Francisco Chronicle'Her honesty, strength, courage, and accomplishments are admirable and inspiring' Washington Post Book World'El Saadawi's poetic prose and searing details keep the pages alive with stories of triumph, dissent, death and disappointment' ![]() Rebecca Walker'A moving repudiation of those who have made Egypt's history in the last century' Without her brave work an entire country would not be fully known.' We come away from this book as we do from all her others, amazed at her cool courage, profound insight, and deep passion. ![]() With words, Saadawi peels away the artifice to reveal the beating heart beneath the surface. Margaret Atwood, BBC Imagine'This is what great art does. At a time when nobody else was talking, she spoke the unspeakable.' 'I think her life has been one long death threat. ![]()
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