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Nawal El Saadawi

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We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism. - Nawal El Saadawi
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To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth. - Nawal El Saadawi
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal. - Nawal El Saadawi
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You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor. - Nawal El Saadawi
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I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped. - Nawal El Saadawi
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Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom. - Nawal El Saadawi
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In history, the millions win; that is democracy. - Nawal El Saadawi
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family. - Nawal El Saadawi
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy. - Nawal El Saadawi
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident. - Nawal El Saadawi
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil. - Nawal El Saadawi
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Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere. - Nawal El Saadawi
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy. - Nawal El Saadawi
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To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction. - Nawal El Saadawi
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.' - Nawal El Saadawi
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Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison. - Nawal El Saadawi
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial. - Nawal El Saadawi
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Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?' - Nawal El Saadawi
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