"Nawal El Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. For her, writing and action have been inseparable and this is reflected in some of the most evocative and disturbing novels ever written about Ar...

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1. Verfasser:	Saʿdāwī, Nawāl as- 1931-2021 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English Arabic
Veröffentlicht:	London [u.a.] Zed Books 1999
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Saʻdāwī, Nawāl Saʿdāwī, Nawāl as- > 1931-2021 Authors, Egyptian - 20th century - Biography Women authors, Egyptian - 20th century - Biography Women social reformers - Egypt - Biography Women authors, Arab > Egypt > Biography Women physicians > Egypt > Biography Autobiografie Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	"Nawal El Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. For her, writing and action have been inseparable and this is reflected in some of the most evocative and disturbing novels ever written about Arab women." "Born in a small Egyptian village in 1931, she eluded the grasp of suitors, before whom she was displayed when she was still ten years old, and went on to qualify as a medical doctor. In 1969, she published her first work of non-fiction, Women and Sex; in 1972, her writings and her struggles led to her dismissal from her job. From then on there was no respite: imprisonment under Sadat in 1981 was the culmination of the long war she had fought for Egyptian women's social and intellectual freedom; in 1992, her name appeared on a death list issued by a fundamentalist group, after which she went into exile for five years. Since then, she has devoted her time to writing novels and essays and to her activities as a worldwide speaker on women's issues." "A Daughter of Isis is the autobiography of this extraordinary woman."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	294 S. Ill.
ISBN:	1856496805 1856496791