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. (Nawal El Saadawi)

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.

Nawal El Saadawi

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