Author: Nawal El Saadawi

Quotes

War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

- Nawal El Saadawi

The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.

The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.

- Nawal El Saadawi

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

- Nawal El Saadawi

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

- Nawal El Saadawi

I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.

I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.

- Nawal El Saadawi

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

- Nawal El Saadawi

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.

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.

- Nawal El Saadawi

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

- Nawal El Saadawi

When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

- Nawal El Saadawi

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