Author: Nawal El Saadawi

Quotes

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

In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

- 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

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

Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.

Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.

- Nawal El Saadawi

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

- 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

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

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

- Nawal El Saadawi

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