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The Essential Nawal El Saadawi: A Reader

The Essential Nawal El Saadawi: A Reader


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The writings of Nawal El Saadawi are essential to anyone wishing to understand the contemporary Arab world. Her dissident voice has stayed as consistent in its critique of neo.imperialist international politics as it has in its denunciation of women's oppression, both in her native Egypt and in the wider world. Saadawi is a figure of international significance, and her work has a central place in Arabic history and culture of the last half century. Featuring work never before translated into English, The Essential Nawal El Saadawi gathers together a wide range of Saadawi's writing. From novellas and short stories to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex; from extensive interviews to her work as a dramatist; from poetry to autobiography, this book is essential for anyone wishing to gain a sense of the breadth of Saadawi's work.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Preface - Nawal El Saadawi Timeline Introduction - Adele Newson-Horst Part I: Articles/Essays/Non-fictional Prose 1. How to Write and Why 2. How to Fight Against the Postmodern Slave System 3. First Trip Outside the Homeland 4. Introduction to The Hidden Face of Eve 5. The Seventh International AWSA Conference 6. Women and the Poor 7. God Above, Husband Below 8. The House of Desolation 9. The Streetwalker and the Woman Writer 10. Muslim Women in the Market 11. Bodour 12. Writing and Freedom 13. The Three Universal Taboos: Sex, Religion, and Politics 14. Breeding Terror or an Uncivilized Clash of Civilizations 15. Breeding Terror or an Uncivilized Clash of Civilizations 16. Fear and Writing 17. Obama's Speech in Cairo Part II: Fiction and Poetry 18. Death of an Ex-Minister 19. My Ideal Mother 20. A Paper that was Never Presented for Publication 21. Sixteen Short Poems 22. Inspired by the Summit Meeting with the Elite 23. The Impact of Fanatic Religious Thought Part III: Drama 24. Twelve Women in a Cell Part IV: Interviews and Criticism 25. Feminism in Egypt: A Conversation with Nawal El Saadawi 26. Fed Up with Limited Thinking: An Interview 27. Conversations with Nawal El Saadawi 28. Nawal El Saadawi's Fall of the Imam: The Daughter of the Goddess of the Land Fells the Imam and Rises Again Part V: Bibliographies 29. Bibliography of Book Length Works 30. Bibliography of Interviews 31. Bibliography of Criticism

About the Author :
Nawal El Saadawi was an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women’s rights both within Egypt and abroad. She held honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her many prizes and awards included 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 Autónoma de México. 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. .

Review :
As I finished reading Dr. Nawal's autobiography I felt a sudden sense of loss. I didn't want to leave her. I went back and read the last sections again, and then again, until I remembered how many other books she has written. Then I felt delight that I will be able to return to her words and to her stories, and that so many others will share in them. . . . The author fought injustice all her life, succeeded in becoming a doctor... then a writer. In our culture women’s education was fought for by our grandmothers and great-grandmothers; reading this we are reminded not to take our good fortune for granted. This is a book we should all be reading... The Arab world's leading feminist and iconoclast. Without doubt the most prominent and prolific female author in the Arabic language. Dr. Nawal al-Saadawi has the uncanny ability to place her finger on the hot buttons that inflame Arab readers. The most recognisable name in Egyptian and Middle Eastern feminism… poignant, penetrating yet simple. Powerfully political. El Saadawi's poetic prose and searing details keep the pages alive with stories of triumph, dissent, death and disappointment. The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world. Throughout her writing she sheds new light on the power of women in resistance - against poverty, racism, fundamentalism and inequality of all kinds.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848133358
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Sub Title: A Reader
  • ISBN-10: 1848133359
  • Publisher Date: 08 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 138 mm


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