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• First of all, all writing includes some part of the self. The relationship of the self and the other exists in writing, whether autobiographical or novel. There is a self and an other.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Writing, Self, Firsts

  Source: muse.jhu.edu

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• There is not a revolution that succe Saudi Arabia paid $7 billion for the Salafists to come, and the United States and Israel are pouring a lot of money into Egypt. Why? To divide the country by religion.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Country, Israel, Egypt

  Source: progressive.org

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• There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution.

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  Military, Suffering, Revolution

  Source: progressive.org

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• The medical profession [in Egypt] is also very commercial. Health is not given to the poor. You know, if you have money, you have medical care; if you do not, then you are in trouble. I was not ready at all to build my economic security on the diseases of people, on suffering, especially of women and children. So, in a way, I rebelled against it.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Children, Egypt, People

  Source: muse.jhu.edu

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• All revolutions in history have obstacles.

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  Revolution, Obstacles

  Source: progressive.org

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• There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.

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  Strong, Islamic, Men

  Source: progressive.org

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• I practiced medicine up 'til now. I practice psychiatry. I shifted from different specialties. I started as a village doctor - community doctor, public health preventive medicine.

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  Medicine, Doctors, Practice

  Source: muse.jhu.edu

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• Woman at Point Zero I wrote during the '70s in Arabic. It came in English in '82. So, almost ten years' difference between the Arabic and the English.

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  Zero, Years, Differences

  Source: muse.jhu.edu

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• The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

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  Feminist, Realizing, Boat

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• Truth is relative, and there is always something missing in truth that prevents it from being perfect.

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  Truth, Perfect, Missing

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• You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Doctors, Creative, Looks

  "For Egyptian Activist, A Dream Finally Realized". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 12, 2011.

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• We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.

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  Egypt, Colonialism, Feds

  "Egypt’s Nawal El Saadawi: 'We Will Not Let Egypt Burn'". The Root Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

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  Winning, Democracy, Millions

  "Egypt’s Nawal El Saadawi: 'We Will Not Let Egypt Burn'". The Root Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• Thus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas injustice became a minor sin. I began to ask myself how this change had come about. Was it linked to a new order in which the female goddesses had been replaced by one male god?

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  Order, Years, Two

  Nawal El Saadawi (2013). “Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi”, p.108, Zed Books Ltd.

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• All revolutions in history have obstacles. There is not a revolution that succes.

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  Revolution, Obstacles, Succes

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I've lived in Egypt among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia.

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  Christian, Egypt, Baha

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single Islamic slogan. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Religious, Strong, Islamic

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

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