Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of Egypt]. We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression.
Nawal El SaadawiWhen you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
Nawal El SaadawiFirst of all, I hated the medical profession. Medical education in Egypt was taken from the British, French, colonial educational system. And it's very, very lacking - there is no sexology. I never read the word clitoris in any medical book when I was educated.
Nawal El SaadawiWar criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
Nawal El Saadawi