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