I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master.
Nawal El SaadawiThere was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. 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 SaadawiThus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas injustice became a minor sin. I began to ask myself how this change had come about. Was it linked to a new order in which the female goddesses had been replaced by one male god?
Nawal El SaadawiMan ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive.
Nawal El Saadawi