Presents an account of brutality against women in the Muslim world. This work explores the causes of the situation through a discussion of the historical role of Arab women in religion and literature. It argues that the veil, polygamy and legal inequality are incompatible with the just and peaceful Islam.
Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women’s rights both within Egypt and abroad. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North–South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. They are taught in universities across the world.
The most recognisable name in Egyptian and Middle Eastern feminism
… poignant, penetrating yet simple.
*Library Journal*
A harrowing exposé of the abuse of women in the Arab world
*London Review of Books*
Nawal El Saadawi has become something of a heroine for many young
Arab women … a cry from the heart.
*MESA Bulletin*
The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab
world
*The Guardian*
Nawal El Saadawi speaks directly on behalf of many women in the
Third World and the daily struggles they face.
*West Africa*
The Arab world's leading feminist and iconoclast
*Fedwa Malti-Davis*
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