Nawal El Saadawi quotes

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)
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. View quote
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy. View quote
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When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions. View quote
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Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere. View quote
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Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison. View quote
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil. View quote
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident. View quote
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Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom. View quote
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You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor. View quote
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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)
What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers. View quote
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman. View quote
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy. View quote
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We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism. View quote
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In history, the millions win; that is democracy. View quote
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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. View quote
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. View quote
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I'm surrounded by young people, day and night. Thousands of them. The government is afraid of the young, and they won't touch me because they know I have the power of the young people behind me. View quote
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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. View quote
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To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth. (Nawal El Saadawi)
I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.' View quote
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The hijab has nothing to do with moral values. A woman's moral values are reflected in her eyes, in the way she talks, and in the way she walks. They put on a hijab and go dancing, wearing high heels and lipstick. They wear tight jeans that show their bellies. View quote
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...Nobody can help anybody. Nobody can help us in Egypt-we did our revolution alone, we liberated ourselves alone. I don't believe in charity or "helping.” I believe in the equal exchange of ideas, and networking. View quote
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