Everybody has to die, Firdaus. I will die, and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.
Nawal El SaadawiMan ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive.
Nawal El SaadawiI have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.
Nawal El SaadawiThe Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single Islamic slogan. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.
Nawal El Saadawi