Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi was born on October 27, 1931, in Kafr Tahla, a small village in northern Egypt. A self-professed “rebel,” Saadawi is also an author, public health physician, psychiatrist, and women’s rights activist. She has dedicated much of her life and career to advocating for women’s political and sexual rights both in Egypt and around the world. This dedication has earned her the moniker “the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World.”
From an early age, Saadawi experienced firsthand Egypt’s...