Walking through fire nawal el saadawi biography

Nawal el-Saadawi has been creative her entire life. As a young girl, she imagined becoming a singer or a dancer. Her dreams of becoming an artist were opposed by her parents, and she put all her energy into writing as she became a doctor.

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How fortunate the world is. Because of the state of Egyptian politics at the time, el-Saadawi’s writing was controversial, and as it gained influence, she was dismissed from her work as a doctor. This allowed her, she says, to focus even more on her creative work. Over the course of her life, she has written in almost every genre, and has been published in at least 13 different languages.

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She continues to win awards both for her powerful writing and activism for women’s rights, which she calls human rights. Nawal el-Saadawi is a creative advocate for equality: her passion has led her to work against oppressive religious beliefs, especially those that degrade women.

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