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Saadawi, Nawal El

A Beka Book

Woman at Point Zero

Firdaus is on death row. Her crime, the murder of a man. Born to poverty in a rural Egyptian village, her childhood dreams and ambitions had been met with neglect and abuse by the world and the men who rule it. Driven to sex work to support herself, she is faced with the moral outrage of society and the bitter knowledge that for a woman, true freedom comes only when all hope is abandoned. In Nawal El Saadawi's landmark novel, Woman at Point Zero, published here with a new foreword, Firdaus tells her unforgettable story.

Literature & Fiction

United States

Bloomsbury Academic

Passionate, powerful and thought-provoking, in The Hidden Face of Eve, leading feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi provides a shocking account of the oppression of women in the Arab world. Inspired by her experiences working as a doctor in rural Egypt and her life as an activist for women's rights, she charts the injustices and violence faced by women in the society she grew up in, from legal inequality to honour killings and sexual violence, including female genital mutilation. Examining the historical roots of this oppression, she tackles the controversial topic of women and Islam, arguing that customs such as veiling and polygamy are contradictory to the fundamental teachings of the Muslim faith or any other.As necessary now as when it was first published, The Hidden Face of Eve is a classic of Arab feminist writing.

The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World

History

Middle East

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

God Dies by the Nile and Other Novels: God Dies by the Nile, Searching, The Circling Song

Literary

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words

Community & Culture

History & Criticism

Zed Books

Review\nPraise for Nawal El Saadawi and previous works\n‘At a time when nobody else was talking, [El Saadawi] spoke the unspeakable.’ Margaret Atwood, BBC Imagine 
‘Read this novel to grasp the bravery of El Saadawi’s activism in Egypt or to learn more about her country’ The Guardian 
‘An uncompromising attack on patriarchy, power and hypocrisy in modern-day Egypt.’ The Times 
‘Will haunt readers with its beautiful prose and harsh depiction of women’s lives in Cairo... will keep readers guessing as to what happens next, and what is real versus imagined.’ Publishers Weekly 
‘El Saadawi writes with directness and passion’ New York Times 
‘A poignant and brave writer’ Marie Claire 
‘El Saadawi has come to embody the trials of Arab feminism’ San Francisco Chronicle\nDistinguished literary critic Bodour is trapped in a loveless marriage and carries with her a dark secret. She fell in love in her youth and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Zeina, whom she abandoned on the streets of Cairo.\nBodour doesn’t know that Zeina has blossomed into one of Egypt’s most beloved entertainers. Pining for her estranged daughter, she writes a fictional account of her life in an attempt to find solace. But as the revolution in Cairo begins to gain fire, the novel goes missing and Bodour must find who has stolen it. Will her hunt for the thief bring mother and daughter together? Or is Bodour destined to lose her daughter to Cairo forever?

Zeina

Saqi Books

Memoirs of Woman Doctor

Bint Allah knows herself only as the Daughter of God. Born in a stifling male-dominated state, ruled by the Imam and his coterie of ministers, she dreams of one day reaching the top of a distant hill visible through the bars of the orphanage window.\nBut Bint Allah’s ambitions do not escape the attention of the Imam, who never feels secure no matter how well he protects himself. When the Imam falsely accuses Bint Allah of adultery and sentences her to death by stoning, he is not prepared for what happens next.\n‘Haunting and often mesmerising … a powerful and moving exposé of the horrors that women and children can be exposed to by the tenets of faith.’ New Humanist, UK 
‘At a time when nobody else was talking, [El Saadawi] spoke the unspeakable.’ Margaret Atwood, BBC Imagine 
‘The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world’ The Guardian 
‘El Saadawi writes with directness and passion’ New York Times 
‘A poignant and brave writer’ Marie Claire 
‘El Saadawi has come to embody the trials of Arab feminism’ San Francisco Chronicle

The Fall of the Imam

Genre Fiction

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