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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Feminists worldwide mourn Egyptian pioneer

Feminists worldwide mourn Egyptian pioneer

NEWS
MENNA A FAROUK WRITERS, politicians and feminists united on Monday to pay tribute to pioneering Egyptian activist Nawal El Saadawi following her death aged 89, vowing her work would live on through the generations she inspired in the Middle East and beyond. In Egypt, supporters said they would commemorate her with an institute and a prize named after her, while popular actress Boshra Ahmed said she was looking for a production company to make a movie about the trailblazer's colourful life. Born in 1931, El Saadawi trained as a doctor after rejecting a child marriage. The author of more than…
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Mar
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Nawal El Saadawi, pioneering Egyptian feminist, in her own words

Nawal El Saadawi, pioneering Egyptian feminist, in her own words

LITERATURE
Feminists across the Middle East and beyond are mourning the death of trailblazing Egyptian thinker, doctor and writer Nawal El Saadawi who died in Cairo on March 21, 2021. The following interview with El Saadawi was first published on May 24, 2018. EMMA BATHA WHEN the Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi was a young child, she wrote a letter to God challenging him to explain why women were treated differently to men. "He never replied," said El Saadawi, who is still as passionate about women's rights. "I told him, 'if you are not fair, I'm not ready to believe in…
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