The parts in which I elaborated on the sexual life of the doctor herself, the personal life, her relation with men [in Memoirs of a Woman Doctor]. All this. They left only some very, very minute parts. And also the political, the political element in it. So in a way, they cut pieces that to my mind were very important.
Nawal El SaadawiIf you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
Nawal El SaadawiThere is not a revolution that succe Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed.
Nawal El SaadawiPeople like [Memoirs of a Woman Doctor], whether young people, young women, even critics - male critics - they were not shocked by it. Of course, some parts were cut.
Nawal El Saadawi